"I Almost Lost My Mind" is a popular song written by Ivory Joe Hunter and published in 1950.
Hunter's recording of the song was a number one hit on the US Billboard R&B singles chart in that year.
[3] It has since been recorded by a variety of pop artists, big bands, country and western stars, rock and rollers, and Latin, jazz and blues performers.
In the Blues song, the narrator states that he lost his baby, and goes to see the gypsy to have his fortune read, However, he hangs his head down in disappointment when she tells him that his "baby has left him and this time she's gone for good".
In Boone's version, he ends it with a long "OOHH" as if he was crying.