Lyrics and translation Lester Flatt feat. Earl Scruggs - The Last Public Hanging in West Virginia
Rock
of
ages
cleft
for
me
Rocher
des
âges
fendu
pour
moi
Now
that
could
be
the
voice
of
John
F
Morgan
in
the
Maintenant,
ça
pourrait
être
la
voix
de
John
F
Morgan
dans
le
Ripley
jailhouse
singin'
hymns
Prison
de
Ripley
chantant
des
hymnes
Well
ol'
Johnny
might
just
be
singin'
hymn
this
mornin'
Eh
bien,
le
vieux
Johnny
pourrait
bien
chanter
des
hymnes
ce
matin
Cause
this
is
gonna
be
a
hangin'
day
for
him
Parce
que
c'est
un
jour
de
pendaison
pour
lui
Now
people
say
that
Johnny
was
a
bad
man
and
that
he
Maintenant,
les
gens
disent
que
Johnny
était
un
mauvais
garçon
et
qu'il
Had
a
aim
for
bein'
mean
Avait
un
but
pour
être
méchant
He
took
a
hatchet
one
cold
weary
morning
he
killed
Il
a
pris
une
hache
un
froid
matin,
il
a
tué
Two
children
and
the
widow
Green
Deux
enfants
et
la
veuve
Green
Five
thousand
people
gathered
there
in
Ripley
invited
Cinq
mille
personnes
se
sont
rassemblées
là
à
Ripley,
invitées
By
the
sheriff
Jay
O
Sean
Par
le
shérif
Jay
O
Sean
Havin'
fun
and
drinking
moonshine
liquor
and
listenin'
S'amusant
et
buvant
du
whisky
de
lune
et
écoutant
To
ol'
Johnny
singin'
hymn
Le
vieux
Johnny
chanter
des
hymnes
The
day
dawned
cold
in
Ripley
West
Virginia
the
scaffold
Le
jour
s'est
levé
froid
à
Ripley,
en
Virginie-Occidentale,
l'échafaud
Stood
in
silence
in
a
field
Se
tenait
en
silence
dans
un
champ
Johnny
kept
on
singin'
in
the
jailhouse
waiting
there
to
eat
his
final
meal
Johnny
continuait
à
chanter
dans
la
prison,
attendant
là
pour
prendre
son
dernier
repas
Then
rumor
started
flying
through
the
gathering
Puis
la
rumeur
a
commencé
à
circuler
dans
la
foule
That
John
F
Morgan
might
get
his
reprieve
Que
John
F
Morgan
pourrait
obtenir
sa
grâce
The
people
started
yelling
toward
the
sheriff
Les
gens
ont
commencé
à
crier
vers
le
shérif
Afraid
they'd
miss
for
all
they
come
to
see
Craignant
de
rater
tout
ce
qu'ils
étaient
venus
voir
But
Jay
O
Sean
the
sheriff
of
Jackson
County
Mais
Jay
O
Sean,
le
shérif
du
comté
de
Jackson
Afraid
that
such
a
thing
could
have
been
done
Craignant
qu'une
telle
chose
puisse
arriver
Said
I
said
there
was
gonna
be
a
hangin'
and
I
still
Dit
que
j'ai
dit
qu'il
y
aurait
une
pendaison
et
je
le
fais
toujours
Mean
it
there's
a
gonna
be
one
Je
veux
dire
qu'il
y
en
aura
une
They
led
John
Morgan
from
the
Ripley
jailhouse
Ils
ont
emmené
John
Morgan
de
la
prison
de
Ripley
And
he
rode
through
the
happy
laughin'
crowd
Et
il
a
traversé
la
foule
joyeuse
et
riante
But
when
John
Morgan
stepped
upon
the
scaffold
Mais
quand
John
Morgan
a
monté
sur
l'échafaud
They
grew
quiet
when
he
tip
his
hat
and
bowed
Ils
se
sont
tus
lorsqu'il
a
salué
et
s'est
incliné
They
listened
to
the
preacher
say
the
last
words
Ils
ont
écouté
le
prédicateur
dire
les
derniers
mots
They
fixed
the
noose
and
tied
John
Morgan's
hand
Ils
ont
fixé
le
nœud
et
ont
attaché
les
mains
de
John
Morgan
The
signal
came
and
someone
sprang
the
dead's
trap
Le
signal
est
arrivé
et
quelqu'un
a
actionné
le
piège
de
la
mort
And
sent
John
Morgan
to
another
land
Et
a
envoyé
John
Morgan
dans
une
autre
terre
The
last
public
hanging
in
old
West
Virginia
a
true
La
dernière
pendaison
publique
dans
la
vieille
Virginie-Occidentale,
une
vraie
Story
written
in
this
song
Histoire
écrite
dans
cette
chanson
On
the
sixteen
of
December
in
fifteen
ninety
seven
Le
seize
décembre
mille
cinq
cent
quatre-vingt-dix-sept
John
F
Morgan
paid
the
price
of
doing
wrong
John
F
Morgan
a
payé
le
prix
de
ses
fautes
Rate the translation
1
Nashville Cats
2 Orange Blossom Special
3 The Atlantic Coastal Line
4 Going Across the Sea
5 Roust-A-Bout
6 Southbound
7 Troublesome Waters
8 No Mother in This World
9 I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat
10 It Ain't Me Babe
11 Mr. Tambourine Man
12 Maggie's Farm
13 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
14 I Walk the Line
15 Ode to Billie Joe
16 God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
17 Hello Stranger
18 My Wandering Boy
19 I'm Walking With Him
20 When Papa Played the Dobro
21 Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy
22 The Good Things (Outweigh the Bad)
23 Wabash Cannonball
24 Rose Conelly
25 Seattle Town
26 Ten Miles From Natchez
27 The Boys From Tennessee
28 The Last Public Hanging in West Virginia
29 Houston
30 I'll Be on That Good Road Someday
31 Starlight on the Rails
32 Memphis
33 Old Leather Britches
34 Paul and Silas
35 Liberty
36 Spanish Two-Step
37 Lonesome Ruben
38 Tammy's Song
39 Jazzing
40 John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
41 Pick Along
42 Highway's End
43 The Chase
44 Reunion
45 The Barrow Gang Will Get You Little Man
46 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde
47 Lady Lessons
48 Jethro's a Powerful Man
49 Vittles
50 One Too Many Mornings
51 Tennessee Wagner
52 Soldier's Joy
53 Sally Goodin
54 Old Joe Clark
55 No Hiding Place Down Here
56 Golden Slippers
57 California Up Tight Band
58 East Bound Train
59 Four Strong Winds
60 Why Can't I Find Myself With You
61 Buddy Don't You Roll So Slow
62 Bummin' An Old Freight Train
63 A Faded Red Ribbon
64 Father's Table Grace
65 Working It Out
66 You've Been Fooling My Baby
67 Detroit City
68 Confessing
69 Bill Cheatham
70 Evelina
71 Get-Away
72 Bang, You're Alive
73 A Picture of Bonnie
74 Another Ride With Clyde
75 Critters
76 Back Home USA
77 Elly's Spring Song
78 A Long Talk With That Boy
79 Georgia Shuffle
80 Billy in the Lowground
81 Black Mountain Rag
82 Foggy Mountain Special
83 Train Number 1262
84 The Last Thing on My Mind
85 Universal Soldier
86 The Times They Are A-Changin'
87 The Soldier's Return
88 What a Great Doctor Granny Is
89 Theme From Beverly Hills
90 Theme From the Beverly Hillbillies
91 Steamboat Whistle Blues
92 Sally Don't You Grieve
93 Rock, Salt & Nails
94 See Bonnie Die, See Clyde Die
95 Rainy Day Women
96 Please Don't Wake Me
97 Old Folks
98 Poor Rebel Soldier
99 Old Old Fiddler
100 Mama, You Been on My Mind
101 Long Road to Houston
102 Loafer's Glory
103 Maggie Blues
104 Lost All My Money
105 Nothin' to It
106 Love or Money
107 Last Train to Clarksville
108 It Was Only the Wind
109 Like a Rolling Stone
110 If I Were a Carpenter
111 Intro
112 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
113 I'd Like to Say a Word for Texas
114 I Had a Dream
115 Gentle on My Mind
116 Have You Seen My Dear Companion
117 Green Acres
118 Georgia Buck
119 Gonna Have Myself a Ball
120 Going Back to Harlan
121 Going Up Cripple Creek
122 Folsom Prison Blues
123 For Lovin' Me
124 Fireball (instrumental)
125 Down Yonder
126 Catch the Wind
127 Colours
128 Close
129 Cannonball Blues
130 Chicken Reel
131 Cheyenne
132 Big Shoes to Fill
133 Birds and the Bees
134 Bile Them Cabbage Down
135 A Stone That Builders Refused
136 12 and 35
137 Amber Tresses (Tied in Blue)
138 Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
2 Orange Blossom Special
3 The Atlantic Coastal Line
4 Going Across the Sea
5 Roust-A-Bout
6 Southbound
7 Troublesome Waters
8 No Mother in This World
9 I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat
10 It Ain't Me Babe
11 Mr. Tambourine Man
12 Maggie's Farm
13 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
14 I Walk the Line
15 Ode to Billie Joe
16 God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
17 Hello Stranger
18 My Wandering Boy
19 I'm Walking With Him
20 When Papa Played the Dobro
21 Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy
22 The Good Things (Outweigh the Bad)
23 Wabash Cannonball
24 Rose Conelly
25 Seattle Town
26 Ten Miles From Natchez
27 The Boys From Tennessee
28 The Last Public Hanging in West Virginia
29 Houston
30 I'll Be on That Good Road Someday
31 Starlight on the Rails
32 Memphis
33 Old Leather Britches
34 Paul and Silas
35 Liberty
36 Spanish Two-Step
37 Lonesome Ruben
38 Tammy's Song
39 Jazzing
40 John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
41 Pick Along
42 Highway's End
43 The Chase
44 Reunion
45 The Barrow Gang Will Get You Little Man
46 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde
47 Lady Lessons
48 Jethro's a Powerful Man
49 Vittles
50 One Too Many Mornings
51 Tennessee Wagner
52 Soldier's Joy
53 Sally Goodin
54 Old Joe Clark
55 No Hiding Place Down Here
56 Golden Slippers
57 California Up Tight Band
58 East Bound Train
59 Four Strong Winds
60 Why Can't I Find Myself With You
61 Buddy Don't You Roll So Slow
62 Bummin' An Old Freight Train
63 A Faded Red Ribbon
64 Father's Table Grace
65 Working It Out
66 You've Been Fooling My Baby
67 Detroit City
68 Confessing
69 Bill Cheatham
70 Evelina
71 Get-Away
72 Bang, You're Alive
73 A Picture of Bonnie
74 Another Ride With Clyde
75 Critters
76 Back Home USA
77 Elly's Spring Song
78 A Long Talk With That Boy
79 Georgia Shuffle
80 Billy in the Lowground
81 Black Mountain Rag
82 Foggy Mountain Special
83 Train Number 1262
84 The Last Thing on My Mind
85 Universal Soldier
86 The Times They Are A-Changin'
87 The Soldier's Return
88 What a Great Doctor Granny Is
89 Theme From Beverly Hills
90 Theme From the Beverly Hillbillies
91 Steamboat Whistle Blues
92 Sally Don't You Grieve
93 Rock, Salt & Nails
94 See Bonnie Die, See Clyde Die
95 Rainy Day Women
96 Please Don't Wake Me
97 Old Folks
98 Poor Rebel Soldier
99 Old Old Fiddler
100 Mama, You Been on My Mind
101 Long Road to Houston
102 Loafer's Glory
103 Maggie Blues
104 Lost All My Money
105 Nothin' to It
106 Love or Money
107 Last Train to Clarksville
108 It Was Only the Wind
109 Like a Rolling Stone
110 If I Were a Carpenter
111 Intro
112 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
113 I'd Like to Say a Word for Texas
114 I Had a Dream
115 Gentle on My Mind
116 Have You Seen My Dear Companion
117 Green Acres
118 Georgia Buck
119 Gonna Have Myself a Ball
120 Going Back to Harlan
121 Going Up Cripple Creek
122 Folsom Prison Blues
123 For Lovin' Me
124 Fireball (instrumental)
125 Down Yonder
126 Catch the Wind
127 Colours
128 Close
129 Cannonball Blues
130 Chicken Reel
131 Cheyenne
132 Big Shoes to Fill
133 Birds and the Bees
134 Bile Them Cabbage Down
135 A Stone That Builders Refused
136 12 and 35
137 Amber Tresses (Tied in Blue)
138 Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
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