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Another Man Done Gone

Vera Hall
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Raccolta da Aln Lomax nel 1943 dalla voce di Vera Hall (una tra i tanti musicisti neri misconosciuti saccheggiati da Moby nei suoi campionamenti... per esempio, della Hall e non di Moby è la bellissima "Trouble So Hard").

Poi interpretata e reinterpretata da molti artisti: Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Odetta, Harry Belafonte...

"Hall's record, "Another Man Done Gone", was played on the BBC in 1943 as a highlight to American folk music. Also, "Another Man Gone" was played by Congress to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation." (en.wikipedia)
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
They did him just the same
Another man done gone.

He killed another man
He killed another man
He killed another man
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

Contributed by Alessandro - 2008/12/9 - 22:55




Language: English

La versione di Johnny Cash, interpretata in un duetto ' a cappella' con Anita Carter nell'album "Blood, Sweat and Tears" del 1963.
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
another man done gone
another man done gone

Another man done gone
another man done gone
Another man done gone
another man done gone

He had a long chain on
he had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
he had a long chain on

They hung him in a tree
they hung him in a tree
They let his children see
they let his children see

When he was hangin' dead
when he was hangin' dead
The captain turn his head
the captain turn his head

He's from the county farm
he's from the county farm
He's from the county farm
he's from the county farm

I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name

Another man done gone
Another man done gone
another man done gone
another man done gone

Another man done gone
another man done gone
Another man done gone
another man done gone

Contributed by Alessandro - 2008/12/9 - 23:11


Errata Corrige: Billy Bragg e Wilco hanno interpretato in "Mermaid Avenue" una canzone di Woody Guthrie dal titolo simile ("Another Man's Done Gone") a quella di Vera Hall, ma dal contenuto diverso... sorry!

Alessandro - 2008/12/9 - 23:16




Language: English

Versione inglese di Jorma Kaukonen dall’album “Quah” del 1974.
ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE

Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Down from the county farm
Another man done gone.

I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
Another man done gone.

He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
Another man done gone

They set the dogs on him
They set the dogs on him
They set the dogs on him
They torn limb from limb
Another man done gone.

They killed another man
They killed another man
They killed another man
Another man done gone

Contributed by Bartolomeo Pestalozzi - 2010/8/12 - 08:42




Language: Italian

Traduzione italiana della versione di Kaukonen, a cura di Alberto Truffi di Musica & Memoria
UN ALTRO UOMO È SCAPPATO

Un altro uomo è scappato
Un altro uomo è scappato
Un altro uomo è scappato
Via dalla prigione della contea
Un altro uomo è scappato

Non conoscevo il suo nome
Non conoscevo il suo nome
Non conoscevo il suo nome
Un altro uomo è scappato

Aveva addosso una lunga catena
Aveva addosso una lunga catena
Aveva addosso una lunga catena
Un altro uomo è scappato

Hanno lanciato i cani dietro a lui
Hanno lanciato i cani dietro a lui
Hanno lanciato i cani dietro a lui
Hanno dilaniato le sue braccia
Un altro uomo è scappato

Hanno ucciso un altro uomo
Hanno ucciso un altro uomo
Hanno ucciso un altro uomo
Un altro uomo è scappato

Contributed by Bartolomeo Pestalozzi - 2010/8/12 - 08:43




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