City of New Orleans
Letra:
[English]
Riding on the city of new orleans,
Illinois central monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
Good morning america how are you?
Don't you know me i'm your native son,
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Dealin' card with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
Oh won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steam.*
Mothers with their babes asleep,
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they dream.*
Nighttime on the city of new orleans,
Changing cars in memphis, tennessee.
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea.
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his song again,
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.
Good night, america, how are you?
Don't you know me i'm your native son,
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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Vocabulario en esta canción:
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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train /treɪn/ A1 |
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morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1 |
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cars /kɑːrz/ A1 |
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riders /ˈraɪdər/ A2 |
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conductors /kənˈdʌktər/ B1 |
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/meɪl/ A2 |
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southbound /ˈsaʊθbaʊnd/ B1 |
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pulls /pʊlz/ A1 |
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houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/ A1 |
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farms /fɑːrmz/ A1 |
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fields /fiːldz/ A1 |
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freight /freɪt/ B1 |
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graveyards /ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/ B2 |
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rusted /ˈrʌstɪd/ B1 |
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automobiles /ˈɔːtəməbiːlz/ B2 |
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native /ˈneɪtɪv/ B1 |
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score /skɔːr/ A2 |
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wheels /wiːlz/ A1 |
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sons /sʌnz/ A1 |
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fathers /ˈfɑːðər/ A1 |
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mothers /ˈmʌðər/ A1 |
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babes /beɪbz/ A2 |
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asleep /əˈsliːp/ A1 |
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beat /biːt/ A2 |
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nighttime /ˈnaɪttaɪm/ A2 |
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home /hoʊm/ A1 |
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morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1 |
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darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ B1 |
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towns /taʊnz/ A1 |
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people /ˈpiːpl/ A1 |
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dream /driːm/ A1 |
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steel /stiːl/ A2 |
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sings /sɪŋz/ A1 |
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blues /bluːz/ B1 |
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Gramática:
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Riding on the city of New Orleans...
➔ Participio presente como verbo
➔ La palabra "Riding" es el participio presente del verbo 'ride', utilizada aquí para comenzar la oración y funcionar como un verbo que indica una acción en curso. Es una forma abreviada de 'We are riding'.
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
➔ Futuro simple con una cláusula de tiempo
➔ "I'll be gone" usa el futuro simple para expresar una acción futura. "when the day is done" es una cláusula de tiempo introducida por "when", que indica cuándo se completará la acción futura.
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Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
➔ Doble negación e inglés no estándar
➔ "ain't no one" es una doble negación. En inglés estándar, sería "isn't anyone" o "is no one". El uso de 'ain't' también es no estándar.
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Passin' trains that have no names,
➔ Participio presente 'Passin'' como modificador y cláusula relativa
➔ "Passin'" es el participio presente de "pass", que actúa como modificador que describe el tipo de trenes. "that have no names" es una cláusula relativa que describe aún más los trenes.
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Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
➔ Modo imperativo y frase gerundio utilizada como objeto directo
➔ "Feel" está en modo imperativo, dando una orden. "the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor" actúa como el objeto directo del verbo "feel". "Rumblin'" es un gerundio que modifica "wheels".
