Lyrics and translation Neko Case - Poor Ellen Smith
Poor
Ellen
Smith,
how
was
she
found
Pauvre
Ellen
Smith,
comment
as-tu
été
retrouvée
?
Shot
through
the
heart
lying
cold
on
the
ground
Touchée
au
cœur,
gisant
froide
sur
le
sol
Her
body
was
mangled,
and
all
cast
around
Ton
corps
était
mutilé,
et
tout
éparpillé
autour
And
blood
marks
the
spot
where
poor
Ellen
was
found
Et
des
traces
de
sang
marquent
l'endroit
où
la
pauvre
Ellen
a
été
trouvée
They
picked
up
her
body,
and
carried
it
away
Ils
ont
ramassé
ton
corps,
et
l'ont
emporté
Now
she′s
a-sleepin'
in
some
lonesome
ol′
grave
Maintenant
tu
dors
dans
une
vieille
tombe
solitaire
Who
had
the
heart,
and
who
had
the
brain
Qui
avait
le
cœur,
et
qui
avait
le
cerveau
To
shoot
my
little
darling
on
this
cold
lonesome
plain
Pour
tirer
sur
ma
petite
chérie
sur
cette
froide
plaine
solitaire
?
They
picked
up
their
rifles,
and
hunted
us
down
Ils
ont
ramassé
leurs
fusils,
et
nous
ont
traqués
They
found
us
a
loafin'
all
around
town
Ils
nous
ont
trouvés
en
train
de
flâner
dans
toute
la
ville
The
jury
my
convict
me,
and
God
knows
they
can
Le
jury
me
condamnera,
et
Dieu
sait
qu'ils
peuvent
le
faire
But
I
know
I
died
as
an
innocent
man
Mais
je
sais
que
je
suis
mort
en
tant
qu'homme
innocent
I've
been
in
this
prison
for
seven
long
years
Je
suis
dans
cette
prison
depuis
sept
longues
années
Each
night
I
see
Ellen
through
my
bitter
tears
Chaque
nuit
je
vois
Ellen
à
travers
mes
larmes
amères
I
got
a
letter
yesterday
I
read
it
today
J'ai
reçu
une
lettre
hier,
je
l'ai
lue
aujourd'hui
The
flowers
on
her
grave
have
all
faded
away
Les
fleurs
sur
ta
tombe
se
sont
toutes
fanées
The
warden
has
told
me
that
soon
I′ll
be
free
Le
directeur
de
la
prison
m'a
dit
que
bientôt
je
serais
libre
To
go
to
her
grave
′neath
that
old
holler
tree
D'aller
à
ta
tombe
sous
ce
vieux
hêtre
I'm
free
from
the
walls
of
this
prison,
at
last
Je
suis
libre
des
murs
de
cette
prison,
enfin
But
I′ll
never
be
free
from
my
sins
of
the
past
Mais
je
ne
serai
jamais
libre
de
mes
péchés
du
passé
Poor
Ellen
Smith,
how
was
she
found
Pauvre
Ellen
Smith,
comment
as-tu
été
retrouvée
?
Shot
through
the
heart
lying
cold
on
the
ground
Touchée
au
cœur,
gisant
froide
sur
le
sol
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9 This Little Light (Live)
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26 Don't Forget Me
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28 A Widow's Toast
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30 I'm An Animal
31 We've Never Met
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39 Afraid
40 Calling Cards
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45 Man
46 Wild Creatures
47 Whip the Blankets
48 Tightly
49 Stinging Velvet
50 Star Witness
51 South Tacoma Way
52 Set Out Running
53 Pretty Girls
54 Porchlight
55 Outro With Bees
56 Margaret vs. Pauline
57 Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
58 Make Your Bed
59 In California - Live
60 Knock Loud - Live
61 John Saw That Number
62 I Missed the Point
63 Ghost Wiring
64 Furnace Room Lullaby
65 Favorite
66 Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
67 Dreaming Man
68 Bowling Green
69 Blacklisted
70 Andy
71 Alone and Forsaken - Live
72 Twist the Knife
73 No Need To Cry
74 Mood to Burn Bridges
75 Maybe Sparrow - Live
76 Lady Pilot
77 The Needle Has Landed
78 At Last
79 Dirty Knife
80 That Teenage Feeling
81 This Tornado Loves You
82 The Next Time You Say "Forever"
83 People Got A Lotta Nerve
84 Polar Nettles
85 Red Tide
86 Prison Girls
87 Magpie To The Morning
88 Fever
89 Middle Cyclone
90 Vengeance Is Sleeping
91 Guided By Wire
92 Bought and Sold
93 Outro With Bees (Reprise)
94 Things That Scare Me
95 Poor Ellen Smith
96 The Tigers Intro (Spoken Word) [Live]
2 High On Cruel
3 Hold On, Hold On
4 I Wish I Was the Moon
5 Deep Red Bells
6 Loretta (Live)
7 Rated X (Live)
8 The Tigers Have Spoken (Live)
9 This Little Light (Live)
10 Misfire
11 Somebody Led Me Away
12 Duchess
13 The Virginian
14 Honky Tonk Hiccups
15 Lonely Old Lies
16 Karoline
17 Jettison
18 Timber
19 Hex (Live)
20 If You Knew (Live)
21 The Pharoahs
22 Thrice All American
23 I'm From Nowhere
24 Where Did I Leave That Fire
25 Look For Me (I'll Be Around)
26 Don't Forget Me
27 Lion's Jaws
28 A Widow's Toast
29 Runnin' Out Of Fools
30 I'm An Animal
31 We've Never Met
32 City Swans
33 Favorite (Live)
34 Wayfaring Stranger (Live)
35 Blacklisted (Live)
36 Train From Kansas City (live)
37 Soulful Shade of Blue (Live)
38 Ragtime
39 Afraid
40 Calling Cards
41 Night Still Comes
42 Nearly Midnight, Honolulu
43 Bracing For Sunday
44 Local Girl
45 Man
46 Wild Creatures
47 Whip the Blankets
48 Tightly
49 Stinging Velvet
50 Star Witness
51 South Tacoma Way
52 Set Out Running
53 Pretty Girls
54 Porchlight
55 Outro With Bees
56 Margaret vs. Pauline
57 Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
58 Make Your Bed
59 In California - Live
60 Knock Loud - Live
61 John Saw That Number
62 I Missed the Point
63 Ghost Wiring
64 Furnace Room Lullaby
65 Favorite
66 Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
67 Dreaming Man
68 Bowling Green
69 Blacklisted
70 Andy
71 Alone and Forsaken - Live
72 Twist the Knife
73 No Need To Cry
74 Mood to Burn Bridges
75 Maybe Sparrow - Live
76 Lady Pilot
77 The Needle Has Landed
78 At Last
79 Dirty Knife
80 That Teenage Feeling
81 This Tornado Loves You
82 The Next Time You Say "Forever"
83 People Got A Lotta Nerve
84 Polar Nettles
85 Red Tide
86 Prison Girls
87 Magpie To The Morning
88 Fever
89 Middle Cyclone
90 Vengeance Is Sleeping
91 Guided By Wire
92 Bought and Sold
93 Outro With Bees (Reprise)
94 Things That Scare Me
95 Poor Ellen Smith
96 The Tigers Intro (Spoken Word) [Live]
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