sentences:  He wrote "The Father of a Boy Named Sue", in which he tells the story from the original song from the father's point of view, and the 1962 song "Boa Constrictor", sung by a person who is being swallowed by a snake (recorded by the folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary) also recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1966 album "Everybody Loves A Nut" although it is now better known as a children's playground chant.A longtime friend of singer-songwriter Pat Dailey, Silverstein collaborated with him on the posthumously released "Underwater Land" album (2002).It contains 17 children's songs written and produced by Silverstein and sung by Dailey (with Silverstein joining him on a few tracks).