is a song written by Hugh X. Lewis, and made famous by country music star Stonewall Jackson.
is a youth tragedy song (a genre near the end of its popularity at the time), the tale of a hard-living young disc jockey from "down near the Georgia Line" who is established as a friend of the singer.
His constant working leaves him little time for sleep, a point his mother repeatedly admonishes him about along with driving an old, poorly maintained automobile.
loses control of his car when he misses a sharp curve, crashes into a ditch "at 90 miles per hour," and is killed.
His fate at first remains unknown to his mother, although she immediately fears the worst when she hears the voice of a substitute disc jockey at sign-on.