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Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates was a one-legged dancing man who celebrated his own ability and determination, declaring, "Don't look at me in sympathy, I'm glad I'm this way for I feel good and I'm knocking on wood, as long as I can say you just watch me peg it." He identified himself in song as "Peg Leg Bates, the one legged dancing man" and expressed his outlook on life in these words: "Life means, do the best that you can with what you have, with all your mind and heart. One can do anything in this world if one wants to do it badly enough."
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