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Sing a little bit of these workin 'man blues...
...Workin' Man. Life was not always that kind of a joyride for Merle Haggard, even if trains did always seem to play an important part. He was born April 6, 1937, in Bakersfield in a converted refrigerator car less than 100 yards from a heavily used Southern Pacific railroad main line. His father, who had brought the family West after fire destroyed their farm in Checotah, Okla., was a $40-a-week yardman. This and other highlights in Haggard's life are easy to trace in his songs...
...been a workin...
Today the workin' man earns about $1 million annually. Haggard has an office, Hag. Inc., located across the street from the cemetery where his father is buried. But The Hag himself rarely is in the office. "As long as he's got a fishing boat and a pole, he couldn't care less about the business," says Bonnie. At home, Merle is a somewhat casual father of four children, but he is not at the mansion all that often either. "Maybe it's too fancy or something," says Bonnie. Whatever it is, Haggard tends to drop...
...colt, since I got a free stud service from a quarterhorse champion for my ridin services. The colt could be real fast. Anyway, about then I decided I wanted to live out in the country where there's more room to ride. I'd saved up 2700 dollars from workin and I went to a real estate agent who used to help coach the Lopez football team. I didn't think much of him then, walkin around with his clipboard all the time, but now, I see he was always lookin to help out Lopez boys. He told...