Anticipation Blues

"Anticipation Blues"
"Anticipation Blues"
Single by Tennessee Ernie Ford
B-side	"The Cry of the Wild Goose"
Released	1949
Genre	Country
Length	2:10
Label	Capitol
Songwriters	Tennessee Ernie Ford, Cliffie Stone

"Anticipation" is a song written by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Cliffie Stone and performed by Ford. Released on Capitol Records in November 1949, the song peaked in December 1949 at No. 3 on the folk disc jockeys chart and No. 5 on the folk best sellers chart.^[1]

The lyrics refer to anticipation of being a father during a wife's pregnancy. He yells like a hound when he finds out he is going to be a father, deals with her ravings and cravings as the pregnancy progresses, paces nervously as he awaits the delivery, and at the conclusion is told he is the daddy of a pair of bouncing twins.

References

↑ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 114. ISBN 0823076326.

[1] Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 114. ISBN 0823076326.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Albums	Hymns (1956) Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (1975)
Singles	"Mule Train" "Anticipation Blues" "The Cry of the Wild Goose" "I'll Never Be Free" "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" "The Shotgun Boogie" "Mr. and Mississippi" "Blackberry Boogie" "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" "Sixteen Tons" "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" "Dark as a Dungeon"