One night, the eldest brother decides that they are going to kill Lucius Clay and steal his money. The third and longest verse introduces the Cable boys, three sinister white trash brothers who live in nearby Carver's Creek. Clay did little more than dig up the jars "on certain nights if the moon is right" and pour all of the money out on the floor of his shack just to run his fingers through it. Clay was an elderly recluse and a miser who cared only about his money that he kept sealed in Mason jars and buried in various spots around the shack where he lived. The second verse tells of Lucius Clay, who lived in Wooley Swamp, a darkened quagmire hidden “way back in Mooger woods”.
The song tells of a man who, after hearing a fable about a ghost in a place called Wooley Swamp, stubbornly decides to confirm the story on his own, only to come away with the knowledge that, "there's some things in this world you just can't explain" these words are repeated in the chorus between the two verses and then spoken at the very end of the song. Recalling how swamps can take on a whole different personality at night, Daniels mused that Woolie Swamp "just seemed like the kind of place a story like that could happen". While searching for ideas, Daniels remembered Woolie Swamp, an actual place in Bladen County, North Carolina where he used to night hunt as a youngster. ĭaniels was inspired to write another song similar to his 1979 hit " The Devil Went Down To Georgia".
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It was released in August 1980 as the second single from the album Full Moon, which was later certified platinum. "The Legend Of Wooley Swamp" is a song written, composed, and recorded by the Charlie Daniels Band. U.S.1980 single by Charlie Daniels "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" It receives occasional airplay to this day, and has become one of Daniels' signature songs. pop charts as it entered the Top 40 on Sept. The final stanza of the second verse wraps up the story saying that, though the myth is fifty years old, on full moon nights "you can hear three young men screaming" while "you can hear one old man laugh." Success and reception Īlthough the song only went to #80 on the Billboard country charts, it was major crossover hit on the U.S. Just before they meet their own doom, they hear Clay himself "laughin' in a voice as loud as thunder."
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The boys scream for help and struggle to free themselves, but to no avail. But when they grab the money from Clay's shack and attempt to escape they become trapped in quicksand. The Cables then mercilessly beat him to death and joyously dump his body in the swamp. Late one night, they sneak up on Clay in Booger Woods, who has just dug up "thirteen rusty mason jars" filled with money. Jealous of Lucius Clay, the brothers plot to kill him, feed his corpse to the alligators and steal his money. The second (and longer) verse introduces the antagonists, the Cable Boys who live in nearby Carver's Creek three young brothers described as mean and belligerent white trash. According to the lyrics, Clay digs up his money "on certain nights if the moon is right" just to run his fingers through it.
Clay cares about nothing except his money, which he keeps buried in Mason jars around the shack where he lives. The song tells a mythical ghost story, with the first verse relating the life of Lucius Clay, an elderly and greedy recluse who lives in a backwoods area of Wooley Swamp called Booger Woods. It was released in August of 1980 as the second single from the album Full Moon, which was later certified platinum. "The Legend Of Wooley Swamp" is the title of a song written, composed, and recorded by the Charlie Daniels Band.
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