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Let's Improve your English with this special dual episode featuring an explanation of the song "I Hung My Head" by Sting and covered by Johnny Cash.
Lyrics Difficulty: ✦✦✧
INTRODUCTION:
(00:22) Introduction to "I Hung My Head"
VERSE ONE:
(02:20) Early one morning with time to kill
(03:01) I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill
(04:21) I saw a lone rider crossing the plain
(04:56) I drew a bead on him to practice my aim
(05:26) My brother's rifle went off in my hand
(05:59) A shot rang out across the land
(06:24) The horse he kept running, the rider was dead
(06:54) I hung my head, I hung my head
VERSE TWO:
(07:37) I set off running to wake from the dream
(08:18) And my brother's rifle went into the stream
(08:41) I kept on running into the salt lands
(09:14) And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
(09:52) The sheriff he asked me, "Why had I run?"
(10:16) Then it came to me just what I had done
(10:48) And all for no reason, just one piece of lead (I hung my head, I hung my head)
VERSE THREE:
(11:34) Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there
(12:28) I see the judge high up in his chair
(13:15) "Explain to the courtroom what went through your mind
(13:52) And we'll ask the jury what verdict they find"
(14:45) "I said I felt the power of death over life
(15:04) I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
(15:43) I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead (I hung my head, I hung my head)
VERSE FOUR:
(16:40) Early one morning with time to kill
(16:48) I see the gallows up on the hill
(17:35) And out in the distance a trick of the brain
(17:59) I see a lone rider crossing the plain
(18:19) He's come to fetch me to see what they done
(18:53) We'll ride together till Kingdom come
(19:31) I pray for God's mercy, for soon I'll be dead (I hung my head, I hung my head)
INTERPRETATION:
(20:12) "I Hung My Head" song explanation
(21:18) Is the Sting or the Johnny Cash version better? Vote and leave a comment.
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