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Lyr Add: Snowshoe Thompson (from Johnny Horton) Related threads: Lyr Req: Miss Marcy (from Johnny Horton) (1) (closed) Lyr/Tune Req: O'Leary's Cow (Johnny Horton) (3) Lyr Add: Jim Bridger (from Johnny Horton) (1) Lyr Req: Sink the Bismarck (Johnny Horton) (16)
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Subject: Lyr Add: SNOWSHOE THOMPSON (from Johnny Horton) From: Gene Date: 27 Aug 98 - 11:59 AM SNOWSHOE THOMPSON Recorded by Johnny Horton Writers: B. Graves, P. M. Howard & Buddy Ebsen In Eighteen Fifty-Five, in old Californ-i-a A man was a-lookin' in the paper one day Uncle Sam needs a postman, to carry the mail Though the High Sierra mountains over God-forsaken trails. Snowshoe Thompson told them, he swore he was their man I'll get through them mountains, if anybody can He took a pair of snowshoes, he took a pair of skis And lit out through the mountains, where a normal man would freeze. CHORUS He was cautious as a mountain cat, fleet as a deer Tough as a grizzly bear, he knew no fear He lived a life of danger bringing mountain people news For Snowshoe Thompson packed the mail on through. In the High Sierra mountains, it was thirty-two below The blizzards fairly whistled, bringin' forty feet of snow No one dared to venture on the slippery mountain trail But Snowshoe kept a coming, he was packing US Mail. His face was weather-beaten from his many rugged miles But he knew it was worth it, when he'd see the people smile His deeds are not forgotten, listed in the hall of fame They're changin' old Squaw Valley, to Snowshoe Thompson' name. CHORUS SOURCE: JOHNNY HORTON MAKES HISTORY/COLUMBIA CS-8269 |
Subject: RE: ADD LYR: Snowshoe Thompson From: GUEST,Bill Flack Date: 02 Jul 07 - 07:42 AM Alex Harvey did a version - on the LP "SOLDIER ON THE WALL" Here is the chorus and first verse. Chorus Go man Go Gonna get on through the snow Mush man mush Gonna get on through the slush Go man Go means mush in Eskimo So mush man, mush man, mush man go Snowshoe Thompson carried the Mail through wind and thunder rain and hail had no dogs, had no sledge just one foot forward and stright ahead ch |
Subject: RE: ADD LYR: Snowshoe Thompson From: Artful Codger Date: 02 Jul 07 - 01:45 PM Buddy Ebsen? May explain why the song fits "The Ballad of Jed Clampett". |
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