The Kid's Last Fight was a song written by Bob Merrill and first recorded by Frankie Laine in the early 1950s at Columbia Records. The recording by Laine reached #20 on the Billboard charts.The song was eventually covered by The Statler Brothers for their 10th Anniversary album, released in 1980 on Mercury Records.
The song tells the story of a young fighter, Kid McCoy, fighting against Tiger Wilson. He hopes to win enough prize money to buy a bungalow for him and his darling Bess. The Kid is fighting while battling a fever and although he knocks out Tiger Wilson, the song says "Twas the fever that won the fight".
The song starts with a pianola sound like that used on silent movies.
Famous quotes containing the words kid and/or fight:
“It’s not enough to be great, Charley. I tried to tell you in Philly. I tried to tell you in L.A. We’re infested with rats! [to Peg, Charley’s fiancee] He’s not just a kid who can fight, he’s money! And people want money so bad they make it stink!”
—Abraham Polonsky (b. 1910)
“You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth.”
—Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)