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Merle Travis

Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and Western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon". However, it is his masterful guitar playing and his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky for which he is best known today. "Travis picking", a syncopated style of finger picking, is named after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977. more »

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I'm three times seven baby I do as I doggone please
There ain't nobody this sign of heaven gonna get me on my knees
I'm a three times seven aby I'm gonna have my fun
Well I just won't tame I'm gonna be the same till I'm three times twenty-one

I'm the big duck in a puddle don't you try to push me around
Cause I don't come in like no lion just to go out like a lamb
I'm three times seven baby that makes twenty-one
Well I love on sight and I fly by night I'm a no good son of a gun
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I'm rough and ready baby and I really feel my oaths
Now I ain't scared of no livin' man or any gun he totes
I'm a triflin' troublemaker and I'm really full of fun
Wild and wooly full of please I'm a no good son of a gun

Way I make my livin' loafin' I never did work a day
Workin' to me just don't agree cause I ain't built that way
I'm a rootin' tootin' rounder gals and don't you think that I ain't
Well I might get around to paint the town but I never did like to paint

I'm three times seven baby I do as I doggone please
There ain't nobody this sign of heaven gonna get me on my knees
I'm a three times seven baby and I'm gonna have my fun
Well I just won't tame I'm gonna be the same till I'm three times twenty-one

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