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Joe South
Down In The Boondocks
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“Down in the Boondocks” is a song written & produced by Joe South and sung by Billy Joe Royal. It was a hit in 1965, reaching #6 on the Cash Box magazine chart and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the UK, it hit #38 on the Record Retailer chart. The song comes from the album Down in the Boondocks.
The song is sung from the perspective of a self-proclaimed “boy from down in the boondocks.“ He sings of a girl, who lives nearby, for whom he feels love and he steals away with occasionally. The people who live or are born in the boondock area are suggested to be a lower class than those in the city. The girl’s father is the singer’s boss, which, along with the social division, prevents him from proclaiming his love and connecting with her, despite the shared feelings. The...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden ... Along with the sunshine there's got to be a little rain sometimes ♫
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