Seems like only yesterday but it's actually been 25 years since Rank & File played this one on Austin City Limits and thus brought cow-punk to the masses. Marking the occasion we have 3 versions here for your listening pleasure. The proper way to play this song is demonstrated by Hank Thompson. Adding a little showbiz pizzazz is fake-hillbilly Judy Canova. Then there's Dicky Doo & The Don'ts: the music in behind that diatribe sounds kinda like The Wabash Cannonball. The vocal however is a recitation by Dicky about how he's gonna punch out his girlfriend's teeth! Yech.
An interesting article about the Cannoball can be found on Utah Phillips' site.
On the video, a Russian takes a stab at it: Andrei Didorenko on fiddle
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