22-08-2016
Uit 'Goedkoop Door Amerika', pag 22.
Kentucky, de Horse State, de Blue Grass State, de staat van de kolenmijnen. Net als bij Boulon in Frankrijk was het hier in Kentucky puur. Virginia was mooi en lieflijk, mooie bergen en zo, maar het was toch wat beschaafder vergeleken met Kentucky. Deze staat kwam op mij over als de vergeten staat van de USA. Ik werd verliefd op al die mooie houten huizen langs de weg. Ik was ook helemaal weg van al die mooie kruidenierszaakjes, eerst in Virginia en later in Kentucky. Al die heerlijke veranda's met mannetjes die er al hun hele leven leken te zitten. Wachtend op de tijd die voorbij gaat, zonder dat het hun lijkt te raken. Een pijp rokend en soms even opkijkend om een hand op te steken als we voorbij fietsten. Ik fietste hier helemaal in de Rockin' Chair van The Band:
'Born to be home again..'
Rockin' Chair.
'Hear the sound, Willie Boy
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief
We've used up all our time
This hill's to steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime'
Volledige lyrics:
The Band - Rockin' Chair
Hang around, Willie Boy
Don't you raise the sails anymore
It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea
And I'm pushin' age seventy three
Now there's only one place that was meant for me
Oh, to be home again
Down in old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie
We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years
We're gonna put away all of our tears
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere
Slow down, Willie Boy
Your heart's gonna give right out on you
It's true, and I believe I know what we should do
Turn the stern and point to shore
The seven seas won't carry us no more
Oh, to be home again
Down in old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie
I can't wait to sniff that air
Dip'n snuff, I won't have no care
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere
Hear the sound, Willie Boy
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief
We've used up all our time
This hill's to steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime
Oh, to be home again
Down in old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie
Would-a-been nice just t'see the folks
listen once again to the stale jokes
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere
I can hear something calling on me
And you know where I want to be
Oh Willie don't you hear that sound
Oh to be home again down in old Virginny
I just want to get my feet back on the ground
Oh to be home again down in old Virginny
I'd love to see my very best friend
They call him Rag-time Willie
I believe old rockin chair's got me
Oh to be home again
Zie verder het e-book 'Goedkoop door Amerika'.
Kentucky, de Horse State, de Blue Grass State, de staat van de kolenmijnen. Net als bij Boulon in Frankrijk was het hier in Kentucky puur. Virginia was mooi en lieflijk, mooie bergen en zo, maar het was toch wat beschaafder vergeleken met Kentucky. Deze staat kwam op mij over als de vergeten staat van de USA. Ik werd verliefd op al die mooie houten huizen langs de weg. Ik was ook helemaal weg van al die mooie kruidenierszaakjes, eerst in Virginia en later in Kentucky. Al die heerlijke veranda's met mannetjes die er al hun hele leven leken te zitten. Wachtend op de tijd die voorbij gaat, zonder dat het hun lijkt te raken. Een pijp rokend en soms even opkijkend om een hand op te steken als we voorbij fietsten. Ik fietste hier helemaal in de Rockin' Chair van The Band:
'Born to be home again..'
Rockin' Chair.
'Hear the sound, Willie Boy
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief
We've used up all our time
This hill's to steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime'
Volledige lyrics:
The Band - Rockin' Chair
Hang around, Willie Boy
Don't you raise the sails anymore
It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea
And I'm pushin' age seventy three
Now there's only one place that was meant for me
Oh, to be home again
Down in old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie
We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years
We're gonna put away all of our tears
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere
Slow down, Willie Boy
Your heart's gonna give right out on you
It's true, and I believe I know what we should do
Turn the stern and point to shore
The seven seas won't carry us no more
Oh, to be home again
Down in old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie
I can't wait to sniff that air
Dip'n snuff, I won't have no care
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere
Hear the sound, Willie Boy
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief
We've used up all our time
This hill's to steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime
Oh, to be home again
Down in old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie
Would-a-been nice just t'see the folks
listen once again to the stale jokes
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere
I can hear something calling on me
And you know where I want to be
Oh Willie don't you hear that sound
Oh to be home again down in old Virginny
I just want to get my feet back on the ground
Oh to be home again down in old Virginny
I'd love to see my very best friend
They call him Rag-time Willie
I believe old rockin chair's got me
Oh to be home again
Zie verder het e-book 'Goedkoop door Amerika'.