{"id":213,"date":"2014-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yule-tide.generalsemiotics.net\/index.php\/2014\/03\/14\/post-206-ballad-of-forty-dollars\/"},"modified":"2014-03-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T00:00:00","slug":"post-206-ballad-of-forty-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/14\/post-206-ballad-of-forty-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-206: Ballad of Forty Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\"> Here is the <strong>&#8220;The Ballad of Forty Dollars&#8221;<\/strong>. The song reminds me of the Iowa I knew in the 1990s, when I frequently visited there (my father&#8217;s place of birth). Lyrics below.<br \/><span><br \/><span><\/span><\/span>The tune, the lyrics, the &#8220;Americana&#8221;; all are appealing.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span>I like that it tells a story. <span><span><span><span>I just can&#8217;t figure out &#8220;the <em>moral<\/em> of the story&#8221; (if any). Can you?<br \/><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"730391547557328873\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 100%; overflow-y: hidden;\" class=\"wcustomhtml\"> <a name=\"continue\" id=\"continue\"><font color=\"white\">.<\/font><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wsite-youtube\" style=\"margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:5px;\">\n<div class=\"wsite-youtube-wrapper wsite-youtube-size-small wsite-youtube-align-center\">\n<div class=\"wsite-youtube-container\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_623DmmAjs?wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\"> <font size=\"5\"><strong style=\"\">The Ballad of Forty Dollars<\/strong><\/font><br \/><em style=\"\">The Osborne Brothers<\/em> [1972]<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, the man who preached the funeral<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Said it really was a simple way to die<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, he laid down to rest one afternoon<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And never opened up his eyes<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They hired me and Fred and Joe<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To dig the grave and carry up some chairs\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuletyde.com\/1\/post\/2014\/03\/post-206-ballad-of-forty-dollars.html#continue\"><font size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#0006FF\">Read More<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div> <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--> <\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It took us seven hours<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And I guess we must&#8217;ve drunk a case of beer<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I guess I oughta go and watch them put him down<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But I don&#8217;t own a suit<br \/><span><br \/><span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anyway, when they start talking about the fire and hell<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I get spooked<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So I&#8217;ll just sit here in my truck<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And act like I don&#8217;t know it when they pass.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anyway, when they&#8217;re all through<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got to got to work and mow the grass.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, here they come<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And who&#8217;s that riding in that big old shiny limousine!<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mmmm&#8230;Look at all that chrome<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I do believe that&#8217;s the sharpest thing I&#8217;ve seen<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That must belong to his great-uncle,<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Someone said he owned a big old farm<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When they get parked, I&#8217;ll mosey down and look it over<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That won&#8217;t do no harm!<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, that must be the widow in the car<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And would you take a look at that!<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That sure is a pretty dress,<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You know, some women <em>do<\/em> look good in black<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why, he&#8217;s not even in the ground,<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And they tell me that his truck is up for sale<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They say she took it pretty hard,<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But you can&#8217;t tell too much behind the veil<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, listen ain&#8217;t that pretty<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When the bugler plays the military taps<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I think that when you was in the war<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They always try and play a song like that<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, here I am and there they go<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I guess you&#8217;d just call it my bad luck<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I hope he&#8217;ll rest in peace<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The trouble is, the fella owes me forty bucks!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px; 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The song reminds me of the Iowa I knew in the 1990s, when I frequently visited there (my father&#8217;s place of birth). Lyrics below.The tune, the lyrics, the &#8220;Americana&#8221;; all are appealing. I like that it tells a story. I just can&#8217;t figure out &#8220;the moral of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}