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Shel Silverstein
A Boy Named Sue
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Shel Silverstein wrote it and put it on record himself in 1969, so this is the song in its writer's own voice. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs picked it up that same year, which tells you it didn't stay his for long.
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Liner notes
Written by Shel Silverstein.
First recorded by Shel Silverstein in 1969.
Also recorded by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1969), Mary Mary (1988), Todd Snider (2010), Frank Sheen (1972).
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Before Johnny Cash ever sang "A Boy Named Sue," who wrote it and cut the first recording of it himself?Shel Silverstein
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