Willie Nelson quote ✍️

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I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.
Archaic object pronoun
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E
Hint 1 meaning
The objective case of thou. See Thou.
Hint 2 anagram
EEHT
Hint 3 another clue
BEING USED OR WORKED FOR THE FIRST TIME
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