Biography:
Richard William Curless (March 17, 1932 – May 25, 1995) was an American country-music singer, a pioneer of the trucking music genre, commonly known as the "Baron of Country Music." He was easily distinguished because of the patch he usually wore over his right eye.
Curless was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, in 1932, and moved with his family to Massachusetts at the age of eight. In 1948, Curless began his music career in Ware, Massachusetts, where he hosted a radio show and toured with a local band called the "Trail Blazers.
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This great and mighty nation will sing forever more
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Of the pioneers brave engineers and heroes by the score
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But the world of transportation has its own breed just as great
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It's the men of steel behind the wheels of the big rigs haulin' freight
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Listen to the rumble listen to the roar
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Of the big wheels on the highways from the mountains to the shore
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Ole Buffalo Bill and Casey Jones would never have the gall
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To risk their fate on the interstate on the Big Wheel Cannonball
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There's a lotta speculation when the big wheels roll at night
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Some think their destination is a truck stop on the right
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With a little ole cat eyed waitress or a hot shot on the make
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But some I know would rather go for a hot chuck wagon steak
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Listen to the rumble listen to the roar
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Hear the jingle of the jukebox see the action on the floor
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Those giddy-up go-go babies do the monkey and the crawl
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When a swingin' combination plays the Big Wheel Cannonball
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I try to keep my schedule the way most drivers do
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It's food and drinks and forty winks and then go ballin' through
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But tonight I got a hang up she's the cutest little doll
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I'll see ya on the straight away on the Big Wheel Cannonball
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On the Big Wheel Cannonball on the Big Wheel Cannonball
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Tonight she's ridin' shotgun and I warn you one and all
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When a devil from St Luie takes an angel on his haul
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Don't look for any halo round the Big Wheel Cannonball
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Don't look for any halo round the Big Wheel Cannonball
This great and mighty nation will sing forever more
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Of the pioneers brave engineers and heroes by the score
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But the world of transportation has its own breed just as great
G7 G
It's the men of steel behind the wheels of the big rigs haulin' freight
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Listen to the rumble listen to the roar
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Of the big wheels on the highways from the mountains to the shore
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Ole Buffalo Bill and Casey Jones would never have the gall
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To risk their fate on the interstate on the Big Wheel Cannonball
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There's a lotta speculation when the big wheels roll at night
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Some think their destination is a truck stop on the right
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With a little ole cat eyed waitress or a hot shot on the make
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But some I know would rather go for a hot chuck wagon steak
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Listen to the rumble listen to the roar
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Hear the jingle of the jukebox see the action on the floor
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Those giddy-up go-go babies do the monkey and the crawl
G7 C
When a swingin' combination plays the Big Wheel Cannonball
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I try to keep my schedule the way most drivers do
G7 C
It's food and drinks and forty winks and then go ballin' through
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But tonight I got a hang up she's the cutest little doll
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I'll see ya on the straight away on the Big Wheel Cannonball
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On the Big Wheel Cannonball on the Big Wheel Cannonball
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Tonight she's ridin' shotgun and I warn you one and all
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When a devil from St Luie takes an angel on his haul
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Don't look for any halo round the Big Wheel Cannonball
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Don't look for any halo round the Big Wheel Cannonball
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