Tennessee Waltz

"Barrutik, areto luze eta iluna zen The Tower, salmahaia mutur batean, mahaiak bestean eta erdian dantzarako eremua zituena. Nikel batekin ibiltzen diren disko-makina horietako baten ondoko mahai oholezko batean eseri ziren denak eta Red Samen emaztea -emakume garaia eta azal kiskalikoa, begiak eta ilea larruazla baino argiagoak zituena- etorri zitzaien eskaerak hartzera. Umeen amak Tennesseeko balsa jarri zuen makinan, bi nikel sartuta, eta amonak esan zuen doinu hark dantzarako gogoa pizten ziola beti".

Flannery O'Connor, Ez da erraza gizon on bat aurkitzea, Literatura Unibertsala Bilduma, 144. zenbakia. Itziar Otegiren itzulpena. Alberdania & Elkar, 2009. 26. orr.

"Inside, The Tower was a long dark room with a counter at one end and tables at the other and dancing space in the middle. They all sat down at a board table next to the nickelodeon and Red Sam's wife, a tall burnt-brown woman with hair and eyes lighter than her skin, came and took their order. The children's mother put a dime in the machine and played The Tennessee Waltz, and the grandmother said that tune always made her want to dance".

Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1955.

The Tennessee Waltz 1947an Redd Stewart eta Pee Wee King musikagileek sortu zuten kanta da, geroxeago Patti Page abeslariak famatu zuena.

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Gerora hainbat izan dira kanta bertsionatu duten artistak: Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Leonard Cohen... Hona Cohenena:

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Eta hauxek dira jatorrizkoaren hitzak:

I was dancing with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
Introduced him to my loved one and while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
'Cause I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin', the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz, alright

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
'Cause I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin', the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz

She comes dancing through the darkness to the Tennessee Waltz
And I feel like I'm falling apart
And it's stronger than drink and it's deeper than sorrow
This darkness she's left in my heart

Now I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
'Cause I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin', the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz, beautiful Tennessee Waltz

Pee Wee King eta Redd Stewart