A Boy Named Sue (3:44)
From The Legend of Johnny Cash and 133 other releases
This version of “A Boy Named Sue” was recorded in front of a live audience.
The track is a comical talking blues song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by country/blues singer Johnny Cash. It tells the first-person story of a boy named “Sue,” whose father, before walking out of his life, named him that in order to make him strong. Unbeknownst to the, now, man, he meets his father and a barroom brawl ensues.
The track is a comical talking blues song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by country/blues singer Johnny Cash. It tells the first-person story of a boy named “Sue,” whose father, before walking out of his life, named him that in order to make him strong. Unbeknownst to the, now, man, he meets his father and a barroom brawl ensues.
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Well, my daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now, I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid
Johnny Cash





