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March 14, 1914
Singer Lee Elhardt Hays was born in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Lee Hays was best known as the bass singer for the folk-music group the Weavers. Among the songs he is most known for are: “If I Had a Hammer,” “Roll the Union On,” “Raggedy, Raggedy, Are We,” “The Rankin Tree,” “On Top of Old Smokey,” “Kisses Sweeter than Wine,” and “Goodnight Irene.”