A boy named Sue

[danmand]

 

[danmand]

He also wrote this one:

 

[danmand]

and this one :

 

[danmand]

My favourite is:

 

[MissCroft]

...my goodness.
I always thought that Johnny Cash wrote that song. Surprised to read it was Silverstein who did.

Same here! I still prefer the Johnny Cash version though.

 

[danmand]

+1

Agreed

Better than him singing One's on the way.

 

[bemeup]

This is one of my favourites of Shel's works, if you do listen to it it may amuse you to realise that he was also one of the most successful authors of children's books, as in The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends and many others.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMuQTN7Xo4w&list=PLE1-eSDUeGWAOJ_fBtk5GWq1vWlMxF2dJ&index=1