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"Woody Guthrie"
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жанры: folk, singer-songwriter, country, americana
альбомы: Dust Bowl Ballads, Library of Congress Recordings, The Very Best of Woody Guthrie, Legend of American Folk Blues, Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
Pretty Boy Floyd
автор:
Woody Guthrie
жанры: folk, singer-songwriter, country, americana
альбомы: Dust Bowl Ballads, Library of Congress Recordings, The Very Best of Woody Guthrie, Legend of American Folk Blues, Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
рейтинг: ★★★★★ / 4.9 / 940 просмотров
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If you'll gather 'round me, children A story I will tell 'Bout pretty boy Floyd, an outlaw Oklahoma knew him wellIt was in the town of Shawnee A Saturday afternoon His wife beside him in his wagon As into town they rodeThere a deputy sheriff approached him In a manner rather rude Vulgar words of anger An' his wife she overheardPretty boy grabbed a log chain And the deputy grabbed his gun In the fight that followed He laid that deputy downThen he took to the trees and timber To live a life of shame Every crime in Oklahoma Was added to his nameBut a many a starving farmer The same old story told How the outlaw paid their mortgage And saved their little homesOthers tell you 'bout a stranger That come to beg a meal Underneath his napkin Left a thousand dollar billIt was in Oklahoma city It was on a Christmas day There was a whole car load of groceries Come with a note to sayWell, you say that I'm an outlaw You say that I'm a thief Here's a Christmas dinner For the families on relief"Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny men Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain penAnd as through your life you travel Yes, as through your life you roam You won't never see an outlaw Drive a family from their home
Это интересно:Вуди Гатри родился 14 июля 1912 г. в маленьком городке Окима, штат Оклахома. После окончания школы перебивался случайными заработками, выполняя самую черную работу. Самостоятельно научился играть на гитаре и губной гармошке. От матери узнал много народных песен.В 1930-е Вуди колесит по всей Америке, исполняя свои песни о тяжёлом труде, странствиях, жизни полной лишении, социальной... продолжение
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