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26 May 07 - 07:41 PM (#2061548) Subject: Lyr Req: the mercury was twenty-four below From: GUEST,Newfiegirl Can anybody help me with the Two missing verses in this song Thanks. TWENTY FOUR BELOW An old Nebraska Pioneer lay dying on the There was lack of women's nursing but he did not care for that A cowboy knelt beside him in the north winds icy breath And he whispered words of comfort as he slowly froze to death. I have lived here thirty years or more, the man went on to say But I never saw such weather, like the weather is today I've been caught out in blizzards I should think a score or more I always got home safely I never froze before. Tell my wife if you can find her for she left some years ago She can have the valley section and the bloody stock there on She's welcome to the homestead just this side a broken bow You can tell her that the mercury was twenty-four below. The old man stopped speaking , sure he breathed once or twice His breath was gone forever, he lay still upon the ice The poleman rose up slowly, and the north wind ceased to blow The weather man reported it was twenty- four below. |
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26 May 07 - 10:08 PM (#2061605) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the mercury was twenty-four below From: Joe Offer Hmmm. Sounds like it's derived from Bingen on the Rhine. Haven't found 24 below, though... -Joe- |
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29 May 07 - 11:00 PM (#2063715) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the mercury was twenty-four below From: Jim Dixon I'd bet that first line should be "An old Nebraska pioneer lay dying on the Platte." The Platte is the major river that runs through Nebraska. Also, Broken Bow (verse 3 line 3) is a town in Nebraska. |
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30 May 07 - 12:09 AM (#2063746) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the mercury was twenty-four below From: Joe Offer On the Platte??? Darn, why didn't I think of that? It sure makes a lot more sense, Jim - and it rhymes better wiht "that." -Joe Offer- |