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A Boy Named Sueby Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash
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- Apr 12, 2024
9:50 AMWritten by Shel Silverstein and made famous by Cash, the song might also have been inspired by the male attorney Sue K. Hicks of Madisonville, Tennessee, a friend of John Scopes who agreed to be a prosecutor in what was to become known as the "Scopes Monkey Trial". Hicks was named after his mother, who died after giving birth to him.John Richards