Don Williams – I’m Just a Country Boy, is a song written by Fred Hellerman and Marshall Barer. In 1954, the song was recorded by Harry Belafonte accompanied by Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra (RCA Victor) and released on 78 rpm and 45 rpm record. It was the B-side of the record, “Hold ‘Em Joe” (Calypso) being the A-side. The print on the record informs us that the song was written by Fred Brooks and Marshall Barer, noting that Fred Brooks was a pseudonym for Fred Hellerman (of The Weavers fame) who was blacklisted in the McCarthy era for his socialist ideals.
Don Williams released his version in July 1977 as the first single from the album Country Boy. “I’m Just a Country Boy” was Don Williams’ seventh number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.
Don Williams – I’m Just a Country Boy
From the album Country Boy
B-side “Louisiana Saturday Night”
Released July 20, 1977
Genre Country
Length 3:04
Label ABC/Dot
Songwriter(s) Fred Hellerman Marshall Barer
Producer(s) Don Williams
COUNTRYPEDIA
Don Williams – I’m Just a Country Boy Lyrics
I ain’t gonna marry in the fall
I ain’t gonna marry in the spring
‘Cause I’m in love with a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring
And I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
Gold in the mornin’ sun
Gold in the mornin’ sun
Never gonna kiss
The ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she’d
Marry me
I know she’d turn me down
‘Cause I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
And gold in the mornin’ sun
Gold in the mornin’ sun
I never could afford
A store bought ring
With a sparkling diamond stone
All I could afford
Is a loving heart
The only one I own
‘Cause I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
And gold in the mornin’ sun
Gold in the mornin’ sun…
GENIUS
