I'm Just A Country Boy Guide

The song is a narrative of a poor country boy who is deeply in love with a "pretty little girl" who belongs to a different social class.

He recognizes that she is "out of his league" because she wears a diamond ring and lives a sophisticated lifestyle he cannot provide. I'm Just A Country Boy

Williams' rendition turned the folk song into a massive country success. It became his seventh No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and spent eleven weeks on the charts. The song is a narrative of a poor

Written by Marshall Barer and Fred Hellerman (using the pseudonym Fred Brooks because he was blacklisted during the McCarthy era), the song was first recorded by Harry Belafonte as a B-side to "Hold 'Em Joe". I'm Just A Country Boy