The 60’s were a time when songs became more daring in their lyrical content. This one from Kenny Rogers and the First Edition is no exception. According to co-writer Alex Harvey, he drew on personal experience from his childhood in west Tennessee. The song concerned a white child raised by a black man - touchy stuff back then. Harvey, who was Caucasian, grew up around many black people and incorporated that idea into a song.
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