I'm Just a Country Boy

"I'm Just a Country Boy"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Country Boy
B-side"It's Gotta Be Magic"
ReleasedAugust 1977
GenreCountry
Length3:01
LabelDot Records
Songwriter(s)Fred Hellerman
Marshall Barer
Producer(s)Don Williams
Don Williams singles chronology
"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"
(1977)
"I'm Just a Country Boy"
(1977)
"I've Got a Winner in You"
(1978)

"I'm Just a Country Boy" is a song written by Fred Hellerman and Marshall Barer. In 1954, the song was recorded by Harry Belafonte accompanied by Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra (RCA Victor) and released on 78 rpm and 45 rpm record. It was the B-side of the record, "Hold 'Em Joe" (Calypso) being the A-side. The print on the record informs us that the song was written by Fred Brooks and Marshall Barer, noting that Fred Brooks was a pseudonym for Fred Hellerman (of The Weavers fame) who was blacklisted in the McCarthy era for his socialist ideals.