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“Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine”

Tom T. Hall tells the story of how he came to write his famous song.

Aired 09/22/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

Country Music

“Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine”

Clip: Episode 6 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Tom T. Hall tells the story of how he came to write his famous song.

Tom T. Hall tells the story of how he came to write his famous song and record producer Jerry Kennedy shares how others reacted to it.

Aired 09/22/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

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Funding for Country Music was provided by Bank of America, the Annenberg Foundation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Belmont University, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville...

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