Lyrics and translation Johnny Cash - Tears In the Holston River
On
October
23rd,
1978
Le
23
octobre
1978
I
lost
a
loved
one
and
I
confess,
I
cried
J'ai
perdu
une
personne
chère
et
je
dois
avouer,
j'ai
pleuré
In
the
joyous
celebration
of
the
lady
and
her
music
Dans
la
joyeuse
célébration
de
la
dame
et
de
sa
musique
There
were
tears
in
the
Holston
River
Il
y
avait
des
larmes
dans
la
rivière
Holston
When
Maybelle
Carter
died
Quand
Maybelle
Carter
est
morte
Then
walking
down
that
river
road
Puis,
en
marchant
le
long
de
cette
route
fluviale
I
saw
crystal
tear-shaped
droplets
J'ai
vu
des
gouttelettes
de
larmes
en
cristal
Silver
beads
of
love
sparklin'
on
the
river
side
Des
perles
d'amour
argentées
scintillant
sur
la
rive
And
I'll
just
bet
they
turn
to
diamonds
Et
je
parie
qu'elles
se
transformeront
en
diamants
For
the
love
that
was
behind
'em
Pour
l'amour
qui
était
derrière
elles
There
were
tears
in
the
Holston
River
Il
y
avait
des
larmes
dans
la
rivière
Holston
When
Mother
Maybelle
died
Quand
maman
Maybelle
est
morte
Then
on
January
8,
1979
Puis,
le
8 janvier
1979
We
lost
Sara
Carter
Nous
avons
perdu
Sara
Carter
And
the
pain
was
multiplied
Et
la
douleur
a
été
multipliée
Down
below
that
old
Clinch
Mountain
En
bas
de
cette
vieille
montagne
Clinch
We
laid
her
at
Mount
Vernon
Nous
l'avons
enterrée
à
Mount
Vernon
There
were
tears
in
the
Holston
River
Il
y
avait
des
larmes
dans
la
rivière
Holston
When
Sara
Carter
died
Quand
Sara
Carter
est
morte
Then
walking
down
that
river
road
Puis,
en
marchant
le
long
de
cette
route
fluviale
I
saw
crystal
tear-shaped
droplets
J'ai
vu
des
gouttelettes
de
larmes
en
cristal
Silver
beads
of
love
sparklin'
in
the
riverside
Des
perles
d'amour
argentées
scintillant
sur
la
rive
And
I'll
just
bet
they
turn
to
diamonds
Et
je
parie
qu'elles
se
transformeront
en
diamants
For
the
love
that
was
behind
'em
Pour
l'amour
qui
était
derrière
elles
There
were
tears
in
the
Holston
River
Il
y
avait
des
larmes
dans
la
rivière
Holston
When
Maybelle
and
Sara
died
Quand
Maybelle
et
Sara
sont
mortes
There
were
tears
in
the
Holston
River
Il
y
avait
des
larmes
dans
la
rivière
Holston
When
Mother
Maybelle
and
Sara
Carter
died
Quand
maman
Maybelle
et
Sara
Carter
sont
mortes
Rate the translation
1
It Takes One to Know Me
2 Diamonds In the Rough
3 If I Were a Carpenter
4 Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
5 Sweet Betsy from Pike
6 Big River
7 Casey Jones
8 When I'm Gray
9 Rosanna's Going Wild
10 Were You There? (When They Crucified My Lord)
11 Pickin’ Time
12 Tennessee Flat-Top Box
13 Doin' My Time
14 There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
15 Delia's Gone
16 Pick a Bale O' Cotton
17 I Got Stripes
18 The Great Speckle Bird
19 Forever Young
20 I Walk the Line (Revisited)
21 Highwayman
22 Tears In the Holston River
23 September When It Comes
24 The Wanderer
25 Crazy Old Soldier
26 Walking the Blues
27 25 Minutes to Go
28 Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
29 Wabash Cannonball
2 Diamonds In the Rough
3 If I Were a Carpenter
4 Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
5 Sweet Betsy from Pike
6 Big River
7 Casey Jones
8 When I'm Gray
9 Rosanna's Going Wild
10 Were You There? (When They Crucified My Lord)
11 Pickin’ Time
12 Tennessee Flat-Top Box
13 Doin' My Time
14 There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
15 Delia's Gone
16 Pick a Bale O' Cotton
17 I Got Stripes
18 The Great Speckle Bird
19 Forever Young
20 I Walk the Line (Revisited)
21 Highwayman
22 Tears In the Holston River
23 September When It Comes
24 The Wanderer
25 Crazy Old Soldier
26 Walking the Blues
27 25 Minutes to Go
28 Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
29 Wabash Cannonball
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