Mitchell Lawrence
@mitchelll.bsky.social
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Tennessean, Genealogist, Conservationist, Appalachian and Ozark Mountain enjoyer. Occasional takes on politics and Americana music. Wokest person in Tractor Supply. Views my own, because no one else wants them.
![Wikipedia screenshot from the article on Kris Kristofferson:
Also in 1958, Kristofferson was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, 101 studying at Merton College. [11] While performing his own songs there, Kristofferson signed with Larry Parnes, best known for his work with Tommy Steele.
Parnes was working to sell Kristofferson as "a
Yank at Oxford" to the British public;
Kristofferson was willing to accept that promotional approach if it helped his singing career, which he hoped would enable him to progress toward his goal of becoming a novelist.
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![Wikipedia screenshot from the article on Kris Kristofferson:
In 1961, he married his longtime girlfriend, Frances "Fran" Mavia Beer. [11] (17) Also in 1961, Kristofferson joined the United States Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He
attended U.S. Army Ranger School and completed helicopter pilot training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. [181 He relocated Beer and their newborn daughter to West Germany, where he served as a member of the 8th Infantry Division.
[19] [4] During this period, Kristofferson was promoted to the rank of captain and resumed his music career, forming a band to play at service clubs. It was at this point that he met Marijohn Wilkin, the aunt of his platoon commander. [4] In 1965, after his tour in West Germany ended, Kristofferson was re-assigned to teach English literature at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. [20] [21]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7njj7dog2r3lbi5jvyug43sm/bafkreibrxe7okj7msc2gnj4snzwf4uto7xkni66uq5xsefoccjmgga2d4a)
![Lyrics of Ballad of the Kingsmen by the recently late Todd Snider.
[Verse 6]
You know, every ten years or so, our country and some other little country, we start firing all of our newest weapons at each other For some reason or another, right or wrong, like it or not
It happens
And when it happens people get shot
And when people get shot they show it on TV a lot
Every night at six o'clock
And you don't even have to be eighteen to see
You don't even have to be in first grade
First grade, where they teach the kid the pride They tell him he'll need to thrive
In a world where they say that only the strong will survive](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7njj7dog2r3lbi5jvyug43sm/bafkreieu6tlrzqcpia7t4yd6cvohlyillwduv3mpiwpylomoe43lejsoc4)