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Steve mentioned a song by Tom T. Hall called 'The Ballad of $40', which he called one of his favorites. He described the song as a story about three men hired to dig a grave and mow the grass, and how they observed a funeral, discussing the expensive car and the widow's appearance. The song ends with the narrator saying the guy he's working for owes him $40.
The Ballad of $40 where he's him. He's, he's the song starts out. It's one of my favorites, but he starts, uh, him and two other guys got hired to dig a grave and mow the, mow the grass.
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Episode: Ep. 504: Lions and Ditch Cougars on The MeatEater...
Steve mentioned a song by Tom T. Hall called 'The Ballad of $40', which he called one of his favorites. He described the song as a story about three men hired to dig a grave and mow the grass, and how they observed a funeral, discussing the expensive car and the widow's appearance. The song ends with the narrator saying the guy he's working for owes him $40.
The Ballad of $40 where he's him. He's, he's the song starts out. It's one of my favorites, but he starts, uh, him and two other guys got hired to dig a grave and mow the, mow the grass.
And they're talking about the, they're sitting down in the shade, watching the funeral. They see this big, the big limousine pull up and they're talking about how cool that car is and how pretty the lady is.
You know, I said, some girls really do look black. You look good in black and talk about the widow or whatever.
And they, um, talked about his truck. They heard that his truck was already up for sale and that the, the key, the linchpin of the whole thing at the end of the song, he says, yeah, the bad thing is the guy owes me 40 bucks.