50S AND 60S HIT SONGS WHERE THE SINGING OR PLAYING IS DEFINITELY OUT OF KEY

[GridLeakBias]

A few lines from Brooks and Dunn's "Hard Workin' Man:"

"I'm a hard workin' man,
I wear a steel hard hat,
I can ride and rope, hammer and paint,
Do things with my hands that most men cain't!"

Yes, they actually rhymed "paint" with "cain't!"

For enlightenment, "cain't" is a well worn word, especially in Texas and other Gulf coast states.

My step-father was born in Waco, Texas in 1927, one of three sons of a poor dirt farmer, and times were tough. As soon as young sons were old enough to help carry the workload they worked the fields along with the men-folk from "can 'till cain't", that is: from the time in the morning when you can see until late evening when you cain't see.

The English language is very colorful. ;D

 

[firepoint525]

A few lines from Brooks and Dunn's "Hard Workin' Man:"
"I'm a hard workin' man,
I wear a steel hard hat,
I can ride and rope, hammer and paint,
Do things with my hands that most men cain't!"
Yes, they actually rhymed "paint" with "cain't!"

For enlightenment, "cain't" is a well worn word, especially in Texas and other Gulf coast states.
My step-father was born in Waco, Texas in 1927, one of three sons of a poor dirt farmer, and times were tough. As soon as young sons were old enough to help carry the workload they worked the fields along with the men-folk from "can 'till cain't", that is: from the time in the morning when you can see until late evening when you cain't see.
The English language is very colorful. ;D

I'm glad that you explained that; otherwise, I would have thought that it meant "from the time that you can do it, until you "cain't" do it anymore." In other words, giving it all you've got, and then some!

I'm a Tennessean, so I hear "cain't" a lot, too!

 

[CTListener]

A few lines from Brooks and Dunn's "Hard Workin' Man:"

"I'm a hard workin' man,
I wear a steel hard hat,
I can ride and rope, hammer and paint,
Do things with my hands that most men cain't!"

Yes, they actually rhymed "paint" with "cain't!"

Worst ungrammatical rhyme ever: "Texas" and "facts is" on the Steve Miller Band's "Take the Money and Run."

Back to off-key, how about that trumpet late in the fade of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman"?

 

[Silkie]

A few lines from Brooks and Dunn's "Hard Workin' Man:"

"I'm a hard workin' man,
I wear a steel hard hat,
I can ride and rope, hammer and paint,
Do things with my hands that most men cain't!"

Yes, they actually rhymed "paint" with "cain't!"

Worst ungrammatical rhyme ever: "Texas" and "facts is" on the Steve Miller Band's "Take the Money and Run."

Back to off-key, how about that trumpet late in the fade of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman"?

We shall have to talk to the gals in the front row eating lemons and having the time of their lives, but making that poor trumpeter spit so! They did the same thing during the War too, at a big band concert. I guess it's all a matter of perception or distortion.