Born Webb Michael Pierce in West Monroe, Louisiana, he became a star performer on the Louisiana Hayride and one of country music's most popular honky tonk songsters. He was a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. His biggest hit, 1953's "There Stands the Glass" is regarded as one of country's all-time classic "drinking songs". Other hits included "Backstreet Affair", "Why, Baby, Why", “Oh, So Many Years", and “Finallyâ€, the latter two being duets with Kitty Wells. In addition to his music, Pierce was known for his lavish Nashville mansion, which featured a guitar-shaped swimming pool, among other truly bizzare and amazing things.
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I went to the river to water my horse I couldn't find the river just rode across
On that drifting shifting Texas sand
Texas sand drifting Texas sand Sandy land down by the Rio Grande
Well sand in my coffee sand in my tea when I die they're gonna bury me
Deep in that drifting shifting Texas sand
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Texas sand drifting Texas sand Sandy land down by the Rio Grande
I went to the river to water my horse I couldn't find the river just rode across
On that drifting shifting Texas sand
[ steel ]
Well sand in my coffee sand in my tea...