Lyrics and translation The Carter Family - The Wayworn Traveller
I
saw
a
wayworn
traveler,
in
tattered
garments
clad,
J'ai
vu
un
voyageur
fatigué,
vêtu
de
haillons,
And
struggling
up
the
mountain,
it
seemed
that
he
was
sad;
Et
qui
luttait
pour
gravir
la
montagne,
il
semblait
qu'il
était
triste;
His
back
was
laden
heavy,
his
strength
was
almost
gone,
Son
dos
était
lourdement
chargé,
sa
force
était
presque
épuisée,
Yet
he
shouted
as
he
journeyed,
"Deliverance
will
come!"
Mais
il
criait
en
marchant
: "La
délivrance
viendra
!"
Then
Palms
of
Victory,
Alors
les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire,
Crowns
of
Glory,
Les
Couronnes
de
Gloire,
Palms
of
Victory
I
shall
wear.
Les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire
je
porterai.
The
summer
sun
was
shining,
the
sweat
was
on
his
brow,
Le
soleil
d'été
brillait,
la
sueur
coulait
sur
son
front,
His
garments
worn
and
dusty,
his
step
seemed
very
slow;
Ses
vêtements
étaient
usés
et
poussiéreux,
son
pas
semblait
très
lent;
But
he
kept
pressing
onward,
for
he
was
wending
home,
Mais
il
continuait
à
avancer,
car
il
rentrait
chez
lui,
Still
shouting
as
he
journeyed,
"Deliverance
will
come!"
Criant
toujours
en
marchant
: "La
délivrance
viendra
!"
Then
Palms
of
Victory,
Alors
les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire,
Crowns
of
Glory,
Les
Couronnes
de
Gloire,
Palms
of
Victory
I
shall
wear.
Les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire
je
porterai.
The
songsters
in
the
arbor
that
stood
beside
the
way
Les
oiseaux
chanteurs
dans
la
tonnelle
qui
se
trouvait
au
bord
du
chemin
Attracted
his
attention,
inviting
his
delay:
Attirèrent
son
attention,
l'invitant
à
s'attarder
:
His
watchword
being
"Onward!"
he
stopped
his
ears
and
ran,
Son
mot
d'ordre
étant
"En
avant
!",
il
se
boucha
les
oreilles
et
courut,
Still
shouting
as
he
journeyed,
"Deliverance
will
come!"
Criant
toujours
en
marchant
: "La
délivrance
viendra
!"
Then
Palms
of
Victory,
Alors
les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire,
Crowns
of
Glory,
Les
Couronnes
de
Gloire,
Palms
of
Victory
I
shall
wear.
Les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire
je
porterai.
I
saw
him
in
the
evening;
the
sun
was
bending
low;
Je
l'ai
vu
le
soir
; le
soleil
se
couchait;
He'd
overtopped
the
mountain,
and
reached
the
vale
below:
Il
avait
dépassé
la
montagne
et
atteint
la
vallée
en
contrebas :
He
saw
the
Golden
City,
"his
everlasting
home"
Il
vit
la
Cité
d'or,
"sa
demeure
éternelle"
And
shouted
loud,
"Hosanna!
Deliverance
will
come!"
Et
cria
fort
: "Hosanna
! La
délivrance
est
venue !"
Then
Palms
of
Victory,
Alors
les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire,
Crowns
of
Glory,
Les
Couronnes
de
Gloire,
Palms
of
Victory
I
shall
wear.
Les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire
je
porterai.
While
gazing
on
that
city,
just
o'er
the
narrow
flood,
Tout
en
contemplant
cette
cité,
juste
de
l'autre
côté
du
détroit,
A
band
of
holy
angels
came
from
the
throne
of
God;
Une
troupe
d'anges
saints
vint
du
trône
de
Dieu ;
They
bore
him
on
their
pinions
safe
o'er
the
dashing
foam,
Ils
le
portèrent
sur
leurs
ailes
au-dessus
de
l'écume
jaillissante,
And
joined
him
in
his
triumph:
Deliverance
had
come!
Et
se
joignirent
à
son
triomphe
: La
délivrance
était
venue !
Then
Palms
of
Victory,
Alors
les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire,
Crowns
of
Glory,
Les
Couronnes
de
Gloire,
Palms
of
Victory
I
shall
wear.
Les
Palmes
de
la
Victoire
je
porterai.
Rate the translation
1
Something Got a Hold of Me
2 Sea of Galilee
3 We Shall Rise
4 You've Got To Righten That Wrong
5 The Fate of Dewey Lee
6 He Took a White Rose From Her Hair
7 Little Poplar Log House On the Hill
8 Don't Forget Me Little Darling
9 Glory To The Lamb
10 The Broken Down Tramp
11 Look Away From the Cross
12 I'll Never Forsake You
13 Lay My Head Beneath The Rose
14 You've Been A Friend To Me
15 In the Shadow of the Eyes
16 Look How This World Has Made a Change
17 My Virginia Rose Is Blooming
18 Why Do You Cry, Little Darling?
19 Behind These Stone Walls
20 The Only Girl (I Ever Cared About)
21 Farewell Nellie
22 You Better Let That Liar Alone
23 The Little Girl That Played On My Knee
24 Honey In The Rock
25 Jim Blakes Message
26 When This Evening Sun Goes Down
27 Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You
28 Goodbye to the Plains
29 Hello Stranger
30 Funny When You Feel That Way
31 Lord I'm In Your Care
32 Hold Fast To The Right
33 Lover's Lane
34 Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way
35 Answer To Weeping Willow
36 My Honey Lou
37 Bonny Blue Eyes
38 In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
39 My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
40 Dark Haired True Lover
41 He Never Came Back
42 Coal Miner's Blues
43 They Call Her Mother
44 Who's That Knocking At My Window?
45 You Are My Flower
46 Oh Take Me Back
47 You Denied Your Love
48 Reckless Motorman
49 Little Joe
50 Stern Old Bachelor
51 You're Nothing More to Me
52 The Heart That Was Broken For Me
53 Cuban Soldier
54 Charlie And Nellie
55 It Is Better Farther On
56 Bring Back My Boy
57 Just A Few More Days
58 St. Regious Girl
59 Walking In The King's Highway
60 Happy In The Prison
61 No Depression
62 Sweet Heaven In My View
63 My Native Home
64 Jealous Hearted Me
65 Single Girl, Married Girl
66 God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
67 Lonesome Valley
68 River of Jordan
69 Keep On The Sunny Side
70 Little Black Train
71 Gospel Ship
72 Gathering Flowers From The Hillside
73 No Other's Bride I'll Be
74 My Texas Girl
75 My Old Virginia Home
76 East Virginia Blues No.2
77 By The Touch Of Her Hand
78 Sad and Lonesome Day
79 Kissing Is a Crime
80 Your Mother Still Prays (For You Jack)
81 Let's Be Lovers Again
82 Can the Circle Be Unbroken
83 Sinking In The Lonesome Sea
84 Wildwood Flower
85 Young Freda Bolt
86 Don't Forget This Song
87 The Storms Are On the Ocean
88 In a Little Village Churchyard
89 There's No One Like Mother To Me
90 When Silver Threads Are Gold Again
91 Just Another Broken Heart
92 The Wayworn Traveller
93 The Last Move For Me
94 Are You Lonesome Tonight
95 Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine
96 My Dixie Darling
97 Worried Man Blues
98 I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
99 Lulu Walls
100 On the Rock Where Moses Stood
101 Meet Me By the Moonlight Alone
102 Cannonball Blues
103 The Homestead On the Farm
104 Little Darling Pal Of Mine
105 Broken Hearted Lover
106 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone
107 My Clinch Mountain Home
108 The Rambling Boy
109 Buddies In The Saddle
110 Heaven's Radio
111 Beautiful Home
112 There'll Be No Distinction There
113 Give Him One More As He Goes
114 Lonesome For You Darling
115 Blackie's Gunman
116 Meeting In The Air
117 My Home Among the Hills
118 Black Jack David
119 I Found You Among The Roses
120 Bear Creek Blues
121 Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea
122 It's A Long Road To Travel Alone
123 Lonesome Homesick Blues
124 Dark and Stormy Weather
125 In the Valley of the Shenandoah
126 The Girl On The Greenbrier Shore
127 Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
128 Keep On the Firing Line
129 The Wave On the Sea
130 The Dying Mother
2 Sea of Galilee
3 We Shall Rise
4 You've Got To Righten That Wrong
5 The Fate of Dewey Lee
6 He Took a White Rose From Her Hair
7 Little Poplar Log House On the Hill
8 Don't Forget Me Little Darling
9 Glory To The Lamb
10 The Broken Down Tramp
11 Look Away From the Cross
12 I'll Never Forsake You
13 Lay My Head Beneath The Rose
14 You've Been A Friend To Me
15 In the Shadow of the Eyes
16 Look How This World Has Made a Change
17 My Virginia Rose Is Blooming
18 Why Do You Cry, Little Darling?
19 Behind These Stone Walls
20 The Only Girl (I Ever Cared About)
21 Farewell Nellie
22 You Better Let That Liar Alone
23 The Little Girl That Played On My Knee
24 Honey In The Rock
25 Jim Blakes Message
26 When This Evening Sun Goes Down
27 Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You
28 Goodbye to the Plains
29 Hello Stranger
30 Funny When You Feel That Way
31 Lord I'm In Your Care
32 Hold Fast To The Right
33 Lover's Lane
34 Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way
35 Answer To Weeping Willow
36 My Honey Lou
37 Bonny Blue Eyes
38 In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
39 My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
40 Dark Haired True Lover
41 He Never Came Back
42 Coal Miner's Blues
43 They Call Her Mother
44 Who's That Knocking At My Window?
45 You Are My Flower
46 Oh Take Me Back
47 You Denied Your Love
48 Reckless Motorman
49 Little Joe
50 Stern Old Bachelor
51 You're Nothing More to Me
52 The Heart That Was Broken For Me
53 Cuban Soldier
54 Charlie And Nellie
55 It Is Better Farther On
56 Bring Back My Boy
57 Just A Few More Days
58 St. Regious Girl
59 Walking In The King's Highway
60 Happy In The Prison
61 No Depression
62 Sweet Heaven In My View
63 My Native Home
64 Jealous Hearted Me
65 Single Girl, Married Girl
66 God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
67 Lonesome Valley
68 River of Jordan
69 Keep On The Sunny Side
70 Little Black Train
71 Gospel Ship
72 Gathering Flowers From The Hillside
73 No Other's Bride I'll Be
74 My Texas Girl
75 My Old Virginia Home
76 East Virginia Blues No.2
77 By The Touch Of Her Hand
78 Sad and Lonesome Day
79 Kissing Is a Crime
80 Your Mother Still Prays (For You Jack)
81 Let's Be Lovers Again
82 Can the Circle Be Unbroken
83 Sinking In The Lonesome Sea
84 Wildwood Flower
85 Young Freda Bolt
86 Don't Forget This Song
87 The Storms Are On the Ocean
88 In a Little Village Churchyard
89 There's No One Like Mother To Me
90 When Silver Threads Are Gold Again
91 Just Another Broken Heart
92 The Wayworn Traveller
93 The Last Move For Me
94 Are You Lonesome Tonight
95 Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine
96 My Dixie Darling
97 Worried Man Blues
98 I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
99 Lulu Walls
100 On the Rock Where Moses Stood
101 Meet Me By the Moonlight Alone
102 Cannonball Blues
103 The Homestead On the Farm
104 Little Darling Pal Of Mine
105 Broken Hearted Lover
106 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone
107 My Clinch Mountain Home
108 The Rambling Boy
109 Buddies In The Saddle
110 Heaven's Radio
111 Beautiful Home
112 There'll Be No Distinction There
113 Give Him One More As He Goes
114 Lonesome For You Darling
115 Blackie's Gunman
116 Meeting In The Air
117 My Home Among the Hills
118 Black Jack David
119 I Found You Among The Roses
120 Bear Creek Blues
121 Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea
122 It's A Long Road To Travel Alone
123 Lonesome Homesick Blues
124 Dark and Stormy Weather
125 In the Valley of the Shenandoah
126 The Girl On The Greenbrier Shore
127 Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
128 Keep On the Firing Line
129 The Wave On the Sea
130 The Dying Mother
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