Remember the morning got spurred your great stallion
sparkling in gold and silver and gray,
With many a boast of vengeance and valor,
and many a promise of marriage someday.
Ride away to new lands of wonder,
Ride away at the close of the day
wind and rain, the wide open thunder,
oh think of me as you ride away
Now all our standards in battle have fallen;
The young men so seldom homeward repair;
The great hall is empty and now it seems haunted
By memories of loved ones who once gathered there.
Ride away to new lands of wonder,
Ride away at the close of the day
wind and rain, the wide open thunder,
oh think of me as you ride away
Your father who loves you so often speaks of you;
Your mother lies sleeping where the magnolias bend;
Your brother has gone with a roving sea captain,
While I'm waiting here for some word you might send.
Ride away to new lands of wonder,
Ride away at the close of the day
wind and rain, the wide open thunder,
oh think of me as you ride away
The moonlight is falling through high broken columns -
Old Longtree in ruins -- so silent and proud;
The garden where lately we wandered together
Is all overgrown with new brambles now.
sparkling in gold and silver and gray,
With many a boast of vengeance and valor,
and many a promise of marriage someday.
Ride away to new lands of wonder,
Ride away at the close of the day
wind and rain, the wide open thunder,
oh think of me as you ride away
Now all our standards in battle have fallen;
The young men so seldom homeward repair;
The great hall is empty and now it seems haunted
By memories of loved ones who once gathered there.
Ride away to new lands of wonder,
Ride away at the close of the day
wind and rain, the wide open thunder,
oh think of me as you ride away
Your father who loves you so often speaks of you;
Your mother lies sleeping where the magnolias bend;
Your brother has gone with a roving sea captain,
While I'm waiting here for some word you might send.
Ride away to new lands of wonder,
Ride away at the close of the day
wind and rain, the wide open thunder,
oh think of me as you ride away
The moonlight is falling through high broken columns -
Old Longtree in ruins -- so silent and proud;
The garden where lately we wandered together
Is all overgrown with new brambles now.
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 27/5/2014 - 16:27
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Testo tradizionale del Sud degli USA
Arrangiamento e musica di Bruce “Utah” Phillips (1973)
Nel quadruplo disco compilativo intitolato “Starlight On The Rails: A Songbook” pubblicato nel 2005.
Una canzone che Utah Phillips ascoltò dalla voce di un’anziana donna in qualche Stato del Sud.
Una giovane donna, rimasta sola ad accudire un vecchio in una villa ormai decadente nel Sud degli USA, risponde ad una lettera del suo amato che è partito in cerca di fortuna all’Ovest…
In apparenza si tratta solo di una storia di amore e di abbandono ma in realtà racconta di quali furono le conseguenze della Guerra Civile americana (1861-1865), la cruenta guerra fratricida che causò più di 600.000 morti e 400.000 feriti. I reduci della Confederazione sconfitta spesso non avevano nemmeno più una casa o una proprietà dove tornare e ricostruirsi una vita: i reduci dell’Unione vittoriosa non riuscivano più a reinserirsi perché la grave crisi post-bellica aveva ridotto sensibilmente i posti di lavoro. Questo determinò un’impennata della corsa verso il Far West, alla ricerca di nuove terre e di nuova speranza.