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n“ShenThinks My Tractor’s Sexy”
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n“You’renthe Reason Our Kids Are Ugly”
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n“HownCome Your Dog Don’t Bite Nobody But Me?”
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nThesenare actual song titles (by Lou Carter, Kenny Chesney, Loretta Lynn &nConway Twitty, and Mel Tillis & Webb Pierce). Country music songsnoften have long, or funny, or downright quirky titles.
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nOf course,nthere are plenty of short-and-normal song titles, too—such as LadynAntebellum’s “Downtown” and Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel.”
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nBut today’s the day to relish the long-winded and strange andnespecially the humorous titles country music so frequently dishes up.
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nCountrynmusic evolved from the folk music played and sung in the Appalachiannmountains, in the eastern United States. Country music became anrecognized and commercial genre (type of music) in the 1920s, and innthe 1940s, it became popular all over the U.S. The popularity spreadnto Canada and eventually Australia, and is now finally making inroadsnworldwide.
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Grabnyer cowboy hat and yer gee-tar…
Grabnyer cowboy hat and yer gee-tar…n
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n…Andnsing your favorite country music songs!
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n Common Sense Media lists some musicn that is appropriate for children.
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n Checkn out “Jenny Dreamed of Trains.”
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n Samplen “There’s a Fiddle in the Middle.”
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n Somen people just can’t hang with country music! Weird Al Yankovic did a parodyn of a song that was popular back in the early 90s. It is notn complimentary!
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n fornmy favorite country music song title:
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n Ifnthe Phone Don’t Ring, It’s Me Not Calling You Up
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