Lyrics and translation Johnny Horton - Snow Shoe Thompson
(Paul
Mason
Howard
- Buddy
Ebsen)
(Paul
Mason
Howard
- Buddy
Ebsen)
In
1855
in
old
California
a
man
En
1855,
dans
l'ancienne
Californie,
un
homme
Was
a
looking
in
the
paper
one
day
Regardait
un
jour
le
journal
Uncle
Sam
needs
a
postman
to
carry
the
mail
Oncle
Sam
a
besoin
d'un
facteur
pour
transporter
le
courrier
Through
the
High
Sierra
Mountains
over
God
forsaken
trails.
À
travers
les
montagnes
de
la
High
Sierra,
sur
des
sentiers
abandonnés
de
Dieu.
Snow
Shoe
Thompson
told
′em
he
swore
he
was
the
man
Snow
Shoe
Thompson
leur
a
dit
qu'il
a
juré
être
l'homme
I'll
get
through
them
mountains
if
anybody
can
Je
traverserai
ces
montagnes
si
quelqu'un
le
peut
He
took
a
pair
of
snowshoes
he
took
a
pair
of
skis
Il
a
pris
une
paire
de
raquettes,
une
paire
de
skis
And
led
out
through
that
mountains
where
the
normal
man
would
freeze.
Et
s'est
engagé
dans
ces
montagnes
où
l'homme
normal
gèle.
He
was
cauitioned
as
a
mountain
cat,
fleet
as
a
deer
Il
était
prudent
comme
un
chat
des
montagnes,
rapide
comme
un
cerf
Tough
as
a
grizzly
bear
he
knew
no
fear
Coriace
comme
un
ours
grizzli,
il
ne
connaissait
pas
la
peur
He
lived
a
life
of
danger
bringin′
mountain
people
the
news
Il
a
vécu
une
vie
de
danger
en
apportant
les
nouvelles
aux
habitants
des
montagnes
'Cause
Snow
Shoe
Thompson
packed
the
mail
on
through.
Parce
que
Snow
Shoe
Thompson
a
transporté
le
courrier.
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In
the
High
Sierra
Mountains
it
was
32
below
Dans
les
montagnes
de
la
High
Sierra,
il
faisait
-32
degrés
Blue
blizzard
fairly
whistled
bringin'
40
feet
of
snow
Un
blizzard
bleu
sifflait
en
apportant
40
pieds
de
neige
No
one
dare
to
venture
on
a
slippery
mountain
trails
Personne
n'osait
s'aventurer
sur
les
sentiers
glissants
des
montagnes
But
Snow
Shoe
kept
a
comin′
he
was
packin′
US
mail.
Mais
Snow
Shoe
a
continué
à
venir,
il
transportait
le
courrier
des
États-Unis.
His
face
was
weather
beaten
from
his
many
ragged
miles
Son
visage
était
marqué
par
les
intempéries
de
ses
nombreux
kilomètres
But
he
knew
it
was
worth
it
when
he'd
see
the
people
smile
Mais
il
savait
que
ça
valait
le
coup
quand
il
voyait
le
sourire
des
gens
His
deeds
are
not
forgotten
they
stay
in
the
Hall
of
Fame
Ses
actes
ne
sont
pas
oubliés,
ils
restent
au
Hall
of
Fame
They
stay
in
old
Squaw
Valley
to
Snow
Shoe
Thompson′s
name.
Ils
restent
dans
l'ancienne
Squaw
Valley
au
nom
de
Snow
Shoe
Thompson.
He
was
cauitioned
as
a
mountain
cat,
fleet
as
a
deer
Il
était
prudent
comme
un
chat
des
montagnes,
rapide
comme
un
cerf
Tough
as
a
grizzly
bear
he
knew
no
fear
Coriace
comme
un
ours
grizzli,
il
ne
connaissait
pas
la
peur
He
lived
a
life
of
danger
bringin'
mountain
people
the
news
Il
a
vécu
une
vie
de
danger
en
apportant
les
nouvelles
aux
habitants
des
montagnes
′Cause
Snow
Shoe
Thompson
packed
the
mail
on
through...
Parce
que
Snow
Shoe
Thompson
a
transporté
le
courrier...
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1
They Shined Up Rudolph'S Nose
2 Tell My Baby I Love Her
3 You'Re My Baby
4 Miss Marcy
5 Don'T Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
6 Shake, Rattle And Roll
7 Go North!
8 I'm A One-Woman Man
9 Hank and Joe and Me
10 Rock Island Line
11 I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
12 North To Alaska*
13 Johnny Freedom
14 O' Leary's Cow
15 Young Abe Lincoln
16 Comanche (The Brave Horse)
17 John Paul Jones
18 They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
19 The Mansion You Stole
20 The Electrified Donkey
21 Snow Shoe Thompson
22 Sleepy-Eyed John
23 The Battle of Bull Run
24 Sink The Bismarck
25 Jim Bridger
26 Evil Hearted Me
27 Old Dan Tucker
28 The Vanishing Race
29 Ole Slew Foot
30 Johnny Reb
31 Everytime I'M Kissng You
32 The Wild One
33 Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
34 Lovers Rock
35 Let's Take The Long Way Home
36 Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
37 Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
38 Sugar Coated Baby
39 Take Me Like I Am
40 I'm Coming Home
41 I Got A Hole In My Pirogue
42 I'm Ready, If You're Willing
43 Honky-Tonk Man
44 She Knows Why
45 Sal's Got A Sugar Lip
46 The First Train Headin' South
47 Out In New Mexico
48 Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
49 Words
50 The Battle Of New Orleans (British Version)
51 The Golden Rocket
52 Cherokee Boogie
53 Sam Magee
54 Lost Highway
55 All For The Love Of A Girl
56 Whispering Pines
57 When It's Springtime in Alaska
58 Got the Bull By the Horns
59 Counterfeit Love
60 All Grown Up
61 I Love You Baby
62 The Battle of New Orleans
63 Streets Of Dodge
64 Janey
65 What Will I Do Without You
66 I Got A Slow Leak In My Heart
67 Witch Walking Baby
68 How You Gonna Make It
69 Alley Girl Ways
70 Schottische In Texas
71 Back Up Train
72 Give Me Back My Picture And You Can Keep The Frame
73 Empty Bed Blues
74 That Boy Got The Habit
75 The Church By The Side Of The Road
76 I'M Ready If Your Willing
77 Mister Moonlight
78 Take It Like A Man
79 A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed
80 The Sinking Of Reuben James
81 The Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
82 Old Blind Barnabas
83 You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
84 Big Wheels Rollin'
85 Down That River Road
86 My Heart Stopped Trembled and Died
87 From Memphis to Mobile
88 Broken-Hearted Gypsy
89 The Gosh Darn Wheel
90 Lonesome and Heartbroken
91 Hot In the Sugar Cane Field
92 I'll Do It Every Time
93 Seven Come Eleven
94 Over-Loving You
95 Hooray For That Little Difference
96 I Don't Like I Did
97 I Can't Forget You
98 Sal'S Got A Sugerlip
99 Wise To The Ways Of A Woman
100 Just Walk a Little Closer
101 Tetched In the Head
2 Tell My Baby I Love Her
3 You'Re My Baby
4 Miss Marcy
5 Don'T Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
6 Shake, Rattle And Roll
7 Go North!
8 I'm A One-Woman Man
9 Hank and Joe and Me
10 Rock Island Line
11 I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
12 North To Alaska*
13 Johnny Freedom
14 O' Leary's Cow
15 Young Abe Lincoln
16 Comanche (The Brave Horse)
17 John Paul Jones
18 They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
19 The Mansion You Stole
20 The Electrified Donkey
21 Snow Shoe Thompson
22 Sleepy-Eyed John
23 The Battle of Bull Run
24 Sink The Bismarck
25 Jim Bridger
26 Evil Hearted Me
27 Old Dan Tucker
28 The Vanishing Race
29 Ole Slew Foot
30 Johnny Reb
31 Everytime I'M Kissng You
32 The Wild One
33 Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
34 Lovers Rock
35 Let's Take The Long Way Home
36 Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
37 Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
38 Sugar Coated Baby
39 Take Me Like I Am
40 I'm Coming Home
41 I Got A Hole In My Pirogue
42 I'm Ready, If You're Willing
43 Honky-Tonk Man
44 She Knows Why
45 Sal's Got A Sugar Lip
46 The First Train Headin' South
47 Out In New Mexico
48 Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
49 Words
50 The Battle Of New Orleans (British Version)
51 The Golden Rocket
52 Cherokee Boogie
53 Sam Magee
54 Lost Highway
55 All For The Love Of A Girl
56 Whispering Pines
57 When It's Springtime in Alaska
58 Got the Bull By the Horns
59 Counterfeit Love
60 All Grown Up
61 I Love You Baby
62 The Battle of New Orleans
63 Streets Of Dodge
64 Janey
65 What Will I Do Without You
66 I Got A Slow Leak In My Heart
67 Witch Walking Baby
68 How You Gonna Make It
69 Alley Girl Ways
70 Schottische In Texas
71 Back Up Train
72 Give Me Back My Picture And You Can Keep The Frame
73 Empty Bed Blues
74 That Boy Got The Habit
75 The Church By The Side Of The Road
76 I'M Ready If Your Willing
77 Mister Moonlight
78 Take It Like A Man
79 A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed
80 The Sinking Of Reuben James
81 The Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
82 Old Blind Barnabas
83 You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
84 Big Wheels Rollin'
85 Down That River Road
86 My Heart Stopped Trembled and Died
87 From Memphis to Mobile
88 Broken-Hearted Gypsy
89 The Gosh Darn Wheel
90 Lonesome and Heartbroken
91 Hot In the Sugar Cane Field
92 I'll Do It Every Time
93 Seven Come Eleven
94 Over-Loving You
95 Hooray For That Little Difference
96 I Don't Like I Did
97 I Can't Forget You
98 Sal'S Got A Sugerlip
99 Wise To The Ways Of A Woman
100 Just Walk a Little Closer
101 Tetched In the Head
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