A quadruple dose of the relentless tear-jerker anthem of the unappreciated parent. One from cue-card reading J.J. Barrie on the BBC's Top of the Pops, a gospel version from Shirley Caesar, a mausoleum-paced Grand Ole Opry rendition by Melba Montgomery (note the frozen expressions on the faces of the assembled Nashville elite, including a poker-faced Charley Pride), and closing out with a talk-sung version by Canada's own country gentleman, Tommy Hunter. "Pass the strychnine, Elroy, they's commencin' to do the fourth verse..."
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