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[4] The song's lyrics implicitly blame American politicians, high-level military officers, and industry corporations on starting the Vietnam War. McDonald composed "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" in the summer of 1965, just as the U.S.'s military involvement was increasing, and was intensively opposed by the young generation. [6]
In 2003 McDonald was sued for copyright infringement over his signature song, specifically the "One, two, three, what are we fighting for?" chorus part, as derived from the 1926 early jazz classic "Muskrat Ramble", co-written by Kid Ory. The suit was brought by Ory's daughter Babette, who held the copyright at the time.
"One, Two, Three, Four, Five" is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. Like most versions until the late 19th century, it had only the first stanza and dealt with a hare, not a fish: One, two, three, four and five, I caught a hare alive; Six, seven, eight, nine and ten, I let him go again. [1]
Three Chords and the Truth may refer to: "Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted ...
The phrase was also used as the title and in the main hook, with altered lyrics, for the song "One for the Money" by American rock band Escape the Fate. The phrase has also been used by Argentinian rapper Dillom in his song "PELOTUDA" from the album Post mortem. [5] The phrase was also used in the song "Give it to Me" by Agust D. [6]
Twenty-one, change the gun; Twenty-two, the partridge flew; Twenty-three, she lit on a tree; Twenty-four, she lit down lower…. Twenty-nine, the game is mine; Thirty, make a kerchy. Some of the final lines Bolton's informant could no longer remember. [3] In the UK the rhyme was first recorded in Songs for the Nursery, published in London in ...
The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, where it remained for three weeks. [3] It also charted in the lower regions of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to the studio version of the song, a live version of "The Fightin' Side of Me" was issued as part of Haggard's live album of the same name.
The music video for the song premiered on the MySpace main page January 16, 2009 [4] and was subsequently released on MTV, MTVU, VH1, Fuse, Music Choice and YouTube. [5] [6] [7] It found success on the weekly VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, charting over five months straight between January and May, peaking at #5. It was listed on the VH1 Top 40 ...