Grateful Dead Family Discography: She's More To Be Pitied

She's More To Be Pitied

Composer: Ruby Rakes

She's More To Be Pitied was played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 6th and 7th March 1964.

Ruby Rakes is the name used on song credits for Ruby Rakes Eubanks, who was a half sister of the Stanley Brothers. She was assigned the rights to a number of songs written by the Stanley Brothers. The actual writer of the song was probably Carter Stanley.

The Stanley Brothers songs appears to be based on the 1898 song She's More To Be Pitied Than Censured.

Recordings

no info Single (Train 45 / She's More To Be Pitied), Stanley Brothers, 1958
The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain, Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1959
Sing The Songs They Like Best, Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1961
no info A Little Close Harmony from Dixie, Old Hickory Singers, 1961
no info Alleged in Their Own Time, The Holy Modal Rounders, 1975
no info Born To Be Lonesome, Dry Branch Fire Squad, 1979
no info Rosy's Bar and Grill, Rosy's Bar and Grill, 1979
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown, Ricky Skaggs, 1983
no info Single (Honey (Open That Door) / She's More To Be Pitied), Ricky Skaggs, 1984
no info Bluegrass, Roy McGinnis & the Sunnysiders, 1985
no info By Request, Tom & Newell & the Grass-cutters, 1985
no info Tried and True, Dry Branch Fire Squad, 1988
Ralph Stanley And Raymond Fairchild, Ralph Stanley And Raymond Fairchild, 1989
no info Humble Man, Johnny Hogan, 1991
Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1994
no info Like We Used To Be, Seldom Scene, 1994
no info Classic Bluegrass, Today and Yesterday, Delia Bell & Bill Grant, 1996
no info Legacy: A Tribute to the First Generation of Bluegrass, Various Artists (Seldom Scene), 1997
Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends, 1998
Riding That Midnight Train: Starday King Recordings 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1999
no info Theft Proof, The Dismembered Tennesseans, 1999
Always in Style: A Classic Collection, John Duffey, 2000
no info I Make a Wish for a Potato, The Holy Modal Rounders & Friends, 2001
no info Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2001
no info Hidden Treasures, Various Artists (Ass Ponys), 2003
The Essential Masters, The Stanley Brothers, 2004
Baby Girl: A Tribute to My Father, Carter Stanley, Jeanie Stanley with Ralph Stanley and Ralph Stanley II, 2005
no info Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2006
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2007
no info Look for Me, Angelica Grim, 2009
no info My Own Set of Rules, Lou Reid & Carolina, 2009

Lyrics

The lyrics of the version performed by the Black Mountain Boys on March 6th 1964 are as follows;

She's there at the bar every evening
Face powdered and cheeks painted red
Her beauty has faded too early
Brought on by the fast life she's led.
She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life.
She once was the belle of the ballroom
She'd married some man (a sweet wife?)
But too many parties, the wrong kind of (house?)
Has spoiled her happy young life.
She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life.
She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life.