"The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and first recorded by country musician, Johnny Darrell in 1968.
[1] The song tells the story of a woman with 14 children who is abandoned by her worthless alcoholic husband and turns to prostitution to support her large family.
[2] It was a hit for O. C. Smith, who recorded it at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals in 1968.
[6] Previous releases were by Sanford Clark, and by Johnny Darrell who made it in the Billboard Country Charts to No.
Merle Haggard released a version of this song on his 1968 album Sing Me Back Home.