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Big River

Highwaymen / Highwayman

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Highwaymen

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Album

Highwayman

Release date

October 25, 1985

Duration

2:49

Genres

Country

Label

Columbia Nashville

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Johnny Cash

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"Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks. The song tells a story of the chase of a lost love along the course of Mississippi River from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana.

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