Jimmy Driftwood

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James Corbitt Morris — better known as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood; was a prolific United States folk songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs The Battle of New Orleans and Tennessee Stud. Driftwood was born in Mountain View, Arkansas on 20 June 1907. Driftwood's father was folk singer Neil Morris. Driftwood learned to play guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument. Driftwood used the unique guitar throughout his career and noted that its neck was made from a fence rail, its sides from an old ox yoke, a...read more

Beautiful ozarks Lip fever You got to quit kicking my dog around Bagpipe in the fiddle Swing high swing low Leaving on a wagon train Thats the way they do in arkansas They cut down the old pine tree Playing his famous homemade guitar

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