AboutMel Priddle Expertise I have been hooked on Country music since first hearing Jim Reeves in the late 50s. Two of the greatest nights of my life were seeing The Mavericks and Reba McEntire live in London. I am more at home with traditional Country music, but am happy to try and help with any questions relating to songs up to 2000. Please note that I DO NOT have the same knowledge about country music videos or singers private lives.
Experience Ex-record merchandiser with an extensive personal record/cd collection containing everything from Jim Reeves to Dwight Yoakam.
Question MY MOM USE TO SING A SONG CALLED I'M A STRANGER IN MY HOME I THINK IT WAS BY RED FOLEY AND KITTY WELLS BUT I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE CAN YOU HELP ME. PARTS OF IT GO
I'M A STRANGER IN MY HOME, I'M THE ONE LEFT IN THE COLD, I'M NO LONGER LOVED OR WANTED, I DON'T HAVE TO BE TOLD, I CAN TELL BY THE WAY YOU TREAT ME DAY BY DAY, THAT I AM JUST A STRANGER IN MY HOME.
Answer Hello Rita,
"I'm A Stranger In My Home" was recorded by Kitty Wells and Red Foley in 1954.
There's a stranger in my home that I've never known before
And I don't know why she's there, she just walked in through the door
Why she stays and suffers so is something I will never know
She's a lonely soul, this stranger in my home
I'm that stranger in my home, I'm the one left in the cold
I'm no longer loved or wanted, I don't have to be told
I can tell by the way that I'm treated day by day
That I am just a stranger in my home
Instrumental Break)
Not so very long ago there were tender nights to live
We were happy in our home, we had all that life could give
Then one day the quarrel came, I don't know who was to blame
I only know that I'm a stranger in my home
I'm that stranger in my home, I'm the one left in the cold
I'm no longer loved or wanted, I don't have to be told
I can tell by the way that I'm treated day by day
That I am just a stranger in my home
Can a woman describe a heart that's been broken all apart
Can she face her children each day and go on the same ol' way
Can she brush aside the tears and go on and live the years a forgotten soul
Just a stranger in her own home
