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and some of them sing it in honor of him. He

died in the back seat of his car on the way to

Ohio to perform. Alcohol, morphine, and pain

drugs were a part of his life even the night he

died. Divorce. He was fired at The Grand Ole

Opry due to frequent drunkenness. He wrote a

song titled, "Ramblin’ Man." I heard it many

times years ago. And when I think of a rambling

man, I think of Cain in Genesis chapter 4. Cain

was a rambling man. He went out from the

presence of God. And in the older songs

especially, they had to put God in this thing.

Here's what he said in this song. You've got to

remember that he and his wife separated and

all these kinds of things. He said that he's a

ramblin’ man. He'd hear the sound of that train

and wanted to leave. Didn't stay at home. In

the song he said, “I'm a ramblin’ man; That's

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