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Kenny Rogers

Coward Of The County

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1980
  • 1980
  • 1979
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  • 1938
  • 1981

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“Coward of the County “ is the title of a song written by Roger Bowling and Billy Ed Wheeler and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in November 1979 as the second single from the album, Kenny. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number one on the UK pop chart. It was the most recent traditional country music song to hit number one in the UK, in February 1980. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song with several lyric changes for their 1981 album Urban Chipmunk. Read on...

Song lines: ♪ And I hope you're old enough to understand ... Son, you don't have to fight to be a man ... Everyone considered him the coward of the county ♫

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