A French version of this song was composed by Joe Dassin, and it was covered by Joshua James as the last track on his 1999 album Tanked Up and Derailed.
A French version of this song was composed by Joe Dassin, and it was covered by Joshua James as the last track on his 1999 album Tanked Up and Derailed. Perhaps inspired by the Dayton County prosecutor in the Scopes Monkey Trial, the fourth stanza of this work establishes the setting as "Gatlinburg in mid- July." The narrator remarks "I've fought tougher men, but I really can't remember when," as the man in question "kicked like a mule and bit like a crocodile." A sequel to this song from the opposite point of view was later composed by its writer Shel Silverstein. Originally performed live at San Quentin State Prison, FTP, name this song by Johnny Cash about the plight of a young lad with an unfortunate moniker.
A French version of this song was composed by Joe Dassin, and it was covered by Joshua James as the last track on his 1999 album Tanked Up and Derailed.
“A {Boy Named Sue}”