Frasi di Jimmy Driftwood

Jimmy Driftwood, nome d'arte di James Corbitt Morris e noto anche come Jimmie Driftwood , è stato un musicista e compositore statunitense.

È conosciuto per essere stato l'autore di due famose canzoni: "The Battle of New Orleans" e "Tennessee Stud".

Ha imparato a suonare la chitarra acustica quando era ancora molto giovane, utilizzando gli strumenti appartenuti al nonno.

Ha iniziato a comporre quando era un insegnante, scrivendo canzoni per raccontare storie divertenti ai suoi studenti. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Giugno 1907 – 12. Luglio 1998
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Jimmy Driftwood: Frasi in inglese

“Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise,
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes.”

Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Contesto: p>Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise,
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes.
We held our fire 'til we seed their faces well,
Then we opened up our squirrel guns an' really gave 'em... well! Yeah, they ran through the briars an' they ran through the brambles
An' they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.</p

“In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.”

Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Contesto: p>In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon an' we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British at the town of New Orleans. We fired our guns an' the British kept a'comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more an' they begin to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.</p

“We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.”

Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Contesto: We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind,
An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.

“The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green.”

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
Contesto: The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green.
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud.

“Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.”

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
Contesto: Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood
On the Tennessee mare and the Tennessee stud.

“I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare.”

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
Contesto: Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
Little hoss colt playin' 'round the door
I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare.

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