[78-L] ^some guys have all the luck

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. bratcher at pdq.net
Sun Jun 7 14:03:48 PDT 2009


At 11:51 AM 6/6/2009, you wrote:
>In Charlie Daniel's recording of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," the line
>near the end of the song goes, "I told you once you (beep), I'm the best
>there ever was."  I've always assumed the "beep" covered up the words "
>son-of-a-bitch" since the meter of the line would indicate this.  Is there a
>recording somewhere that has the beeped phrase left intact?

Yes & I've heard it with the words intact

>  Or, how about
>Johnny Cash's recording of "A Boy Named Sue," where he sings a line that
>goes, "I'm the (beep) that named you Sue?"  Sounds to me like the same
>epitaph was covered up here.
>
>Bud
>

I'm not sure what the dirty words were in that one. Anybody?




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