What do Dr. Hook, Johny Cash, The Irish Rovers and Marianne Faithful all have in common? They all recorded songs written by Shel Silverstein. Infact, Shel won a grammy for "A Boy Named Sue" in 1970. He wrote "The Unicorn" as a poem and The Irish Rovers put music to it and had a hit . Shel was not only a prolific song writer having written "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone", and "Sylvia's Mother" to name a few by Dr. Hook...but also wrote children's books like "The Giving Tree".
Here's a neat reading by Shel of that classic book. Warning your eyes may become moist... a Mr. Hanky (not the South Park character) might be needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE&feature=PlayList&p=F6784CF55815E61B&playnext=1&index=71
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