I'm goin' away, to a world unknown
I'm goin' away, to a world unknown
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long.
My rider got somethin', she's tryin'a keep it hid
My rider got somethin', she's tryin' a keep it hid
Lord, I got somethin' to find that somethin' with.
I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
I been to the Nation, oh Lord, but I couldn't stay there.
Some people say them oversea blues ain't bad
(Spoken: Why, of course they are)
Some people say them oversea blues ain't bad
(Spoken: What was a-matter with 'em?!)
It must not a-been them oversea blues I had.
Every day seem like murder here
(Spoken: My God, I'm no sheriff)
Every day seem like murder here
I'm gonna leave tomorrow, I know you don't bid my care.
Can't go down any dirt road by myself
Can't go down any dirt road by myself
(Spoken: My Lord, who ya gonna carry?)
I don't carry my, gonna carry me someone else.
I'm goin' away, to a world unknown
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long.
My rider got somethin', she's tryin'a keep it hid
My rider got somethin', she's tryin' a keep it hid
Lord, I got somethin' to find that somethin' with.
I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
I been to the Nation, oh Lord, but I couldn't stay there.
Some people say them oversea blues ain't bad
(Spoken: Why, of course they are)
Some people say them oversea blues ain't bad
(Spoken: What was a-matter with 'em?!)
It must not a-been them oversea blues I had.
Every day seem like murder here
(Spoken: My God, I'm no sheriff)
Every day seem like murder here
I'm gonna leave tomorrow, I know you don't bid my care.
Can't go down any dirt road by myself
Can't go down any dirt road by myself
(Spoken: My Lord, who ya gonna carry?)
I don't carry my, gonna carry me someone else.
envoyé par Pluck - 20/1/2025 - 21:42
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Una strada sterrata , polverosa o fangosa, Patton ha deciso di percorrere pur di lasciare alle spalle il suo passato.
E’ il tema della fuga dalla realta’ , del viaggio talvolta compulsivo, tanto comune a molti Blues dell’epoca.
Si noti che il 1° verso della 1.a strofa cosi’ come altri termini del testo potrebbero essere stati trascritti diversamente dall’originale sia per la limitata qualita’ di registrazione di quegli anni che per la particolare voce rauca e la pronuncia dialettale dell'autore .
1 – I’m goin’ away , to a world unknown
2 – I’m goin’ away , to where I don’t know.
Una versione alternativa cita : I’m goin’ away , to Illinois.
Ma il testo complessivamente è un chiaro riferimento alle difficolta’ che la popolazione di colore di allora doveva affrontare quotidianamente per sopravvivere in un ambiente non solo ostile ma anche pericoloso per la loro integrita’ fisica , dalla violenza all’assassinio.
Il costante anelito ad evadere da questa iniqua realta’ spinge il protagonista ad andarsene anche verso un mondo a lui sconosciuto e in alternativa verso una meta’ precisa , il Nord , l’ Illinois di Chicago.
La stessa tematica sara’ ripresa qualche decennio dopo anche dai Canned Heat con la loro “ Going Up The Country" - Woodstock 1969. ( v. pagina di CCG ) .