When, I was just a baby, My mama told me, son Always be a good boy, Don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die. When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry.

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Johnny Cash was a 20th-century American country singer. John R. Cash was an American singer-songwriter. Read more on Wikipedia →

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