That's deeper than the coal mine.
Grew up listening to Ol' Tennessee Ernie Ford singing that song.?ÿ Had it memorized long before I started school.?ÿ Must have sounded funny with my squeaky little kid voice trying to sing that low.?ÿ Tenor is my natural range.
My favorite version
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No post about this legendary song would be complete without a performance by the composer.
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Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.
"Company Store"; antebellum, but still alive and well at some agricultural endeavors in the FL glades.?ÿ
The "company store" is alive and well at Walmart and other similar major retailers.?ÿ I had a renter whose wife worked at Walmart.?ÿ Her goal was to bring home some money in her paycheck instead of having it all subtracted out for instore purchases at a slight employee discount.
It wasn't just a "Company Store" though.?ÿ I did some work in a Mill Village where every home had been owned by the Company (dang Carpetbaggers (grin)) and your rent was automatically deducted from your wages.?ÿ A few years after our work there a tornado tore through the place.?ÿ A friend of mine said it did $10 million worth of improvements.
Andy
"it did $10 million worth of improvements"
You can bet that many tornados are known for such improvement.?ÿ In one case, a corner of town where every home was in the flood plain was flattened.?ÿ All those cheap-rent cracker boxes disappeared and all new rental structures were built in a different location, out of the floodplain.?ÿ One had been rented by my parents in 1943 with no noticeable exterior improvements for almost 60 years ahead of the tornado.
That show ran from 1956 to 1961.?ÿ So that little boy is a certified geezer today.?ÿ Probably has his own private copy of that episode.
Checked into this a bit.?ÿ That was his youngest son, Brion.?ÿ Brion was born September 3, 1952 but never made it to geezerhood as he passed away in 2008.