City of New Orleans
Paroles:
[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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Vocabulaire dans cette chanson:
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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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Grammaire:
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Riding on the city of New Orleans...
➔ Participe présent utilisé comme verbe
➔ Le mot "Riding" est le participe présent du verbe 'ride', utilisé ici pour commencer la phrase et fonctionner comme un verbe indiquant une action en cours. C'est une forme abrégée de 'We are riding'.
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
➔ Futur simple avec une proposition temporelle
➔ "I'll be gone" utilise le futur simple pour exprimer une action future. "when the day is done" est une proposition temporelle introduite par "when", indiquant quand l'action future sera terminée.
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Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
➔ Double négation et anglais non standard
➔ "ain't no one" est une double négation. En anglais standard, ce serait "isn't anyone" ou "is no one". L'utilisation de 'ain't' est également non standard.
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Passin' trains that have no names,
➔ Participe présent 'Passin'' comme modificateur et proposition relative
➔ "Passin'" est le participe présent de "pass", agissant comme un modificateur décrivant le type de trains. "that have no names" est une proposition relative qui décrit plus en détail les trains.
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Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
➔ Mode impératif et groupe gérondif utilisé comme objet direct
➔ "Feel" est à l'impératif, donnant un ordre. "the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor" agit comme l'objet direct du verbe "feel". "Rumblin'" est un gérondif qui modifie "wheels".
