Thursday, November 23, 2023

Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver

Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver
3:13
Back Home Again, 1974
Written by John Martin Sommers

Guitar, banjo, fiddle, guitar in 2/2 time, like a country dance.  This is definitely old timey, bluegrass-folk country song.  Denver rattles out the lyrics in his high, nasal tenor in a rapid tempo, giving the song an overall cheerful feel.  The lyrics extol the narrator's hard-working, but simple and pleasant life, oppsong it in one verse to a hectic, sad city life. "When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low / I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow."  It's a toe-tapper!  Pass that jug, ma.

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