Johnny Cash“Folsom Prison Blues”

Cultural Importance1. Johnny Cash has been inducted into THREE Halls of Fame: Rock n’ Roll, Country & Gospel

2. He went from “bad boy” to born-again Christian, but never lost his touch with the down-and-out.

Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues”

I hear the train a comin' it's rolling round the ______And I ain't seen the ______ since I don't know when,I'm ______ in Folsom prison, and ______ keeps draggin' onBut that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone.

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When I was just a _____ my mama told me, “Son,Always be a good boy, don't ever play with _____.”But I shot a man in Reno just to _____ him dieWhen I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and _____.

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I bet there's rich folks eating in a _____ dining carThey're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big _____.Well I know I had it _____, I know I can't be freeBut those people keep a movin' and that's what ______ me.

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Well if they _____ me from this prison, if that railroad train was mineI bet I'd move it on a little farther down the _____Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to _____And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my _____ away

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Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues”

I hear the train a comin' it's rolling round the ______And I ain't seen the ______ since I don't know when,I'm ______ in Folsom prison, and ______ keeps draggin' onBut that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone.

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When I was just a _____ my mama told me, “Son,Always be a good boy, don't ever play with _____.”But I shot a man in Reno just to _____ him dieWhen I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and _____.

baby

guns

watch

cry

I bet there's rich folks eating in a _____ dining carThey're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big _____.Well I know I had it _______, I know I can't be freeBut those people keep a movin' and that's what ______ me.

fancy

cigarscoming

tortures

Well if they _____ me from this prison, if that railroad train was mineI bet I'd move it on a little farther down the _____Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to _____And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my _____ away

freed

line

stay

blues

Video Linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMyzoHBtaME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7VQaWt1uQ (with lyrics)