“You Can Have Her” was written by Bill Cook. The singer Roy Hamilton had a hit with it in 1961, and it was widely recorded across rhythm and blues, country, and other styles.
The song is a bitter renunciation. Worn out by a faithless lover, the singer tells a rival, or the world, that he no longer wants her, though the force of the lyric suggests how much the surrender still costs him.
The song’s strong melody carried it into bluegrass.
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