Dorothea Lange: No end in sight

No end in sight (1939). Fotografía de Dorothea Lange


City of New Orleans - Johnny Cash

Me and Bobby McGee

Versión de Gordon Lightfoot

Versión recortada de Kris Kristofferson



Versión de Johnny Cash

Me & Bobby Mcgee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge
Headin' for the train
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down
Just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues
With those windshield wipers slappin' time
And Bobby clappin' hands we finally
Sang up every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin'
But it's free
Feelin' good was easy lord
When Bobby sang the blues
Feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

From the coalmines of Kentucky
To the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me lord
Through every thing I done
Every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas lord
I let her slip away
Searchin' for the home
I hope she'll find
And I'd give all my tomorrows
For a single yesterday
Holdin' Bobby’s body close to mine

Freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin'
But it's free
Feelin' good was easy Lord
When Bobby sang the blues
Feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

Song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster

Nota: Animo a opinar sobre cuál es la mejor versión. La de Gordon Lighfoot y la versión desgarrada de Janis Joplin son las que más me gustan.

Girl from the North Country

Bob Dylan y Johnny Cash

Bob Dylan compuso Girl from the North Country después de su primer viaje a Inglaterra en Diciembre de 1962, y el disco salió en 1963. Posteriormente, en 1969, cantaría esta versión junto al cantante y compositor de música country Johnny Cash, modificando un poco la letra:

Girl from the North Country

[Dylan:]
If you're traveling in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there,
For she once was a true love of mine.

[Cash:]
See for me that her hair's hangin' long,
It curls and falls all down her breast.
See for me that her hair's hangin' long,
That's the way I remember her best.

[Dylan:]
If you go when the snowflakes fall,
When the rivers freeze and summer ends.
Please see for me if she's wearing a coat so warm,
To keep her from the howlin' winds.

[Both:]
If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there,
For she once was a true love of mine.

[Instrumental break.]

If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there,
(For) She once was a true love of mine.

[Dylan:] True love of mine.
[Cash:] A true love of mine.
[Dylan:] True love of mine.
[Cash:] True love of mine.
[Both:] True love of mine.

© Bob Dylan



He decidido añadir la versión original de Bob Dylan cantando él solo. Y la letra:

Girl from the North Country

If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

If you go when the snowflakes storm,
When the rivers freeze and summer ends,
Please see if she has a coat so warm,
To keep her from the howlin' winds.

Please see if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair's hanging long,
For that's the way I remember her best.

I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night,
In the brightness of my day.

So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

© Bob Dylan