Текст песни Johnny Horton - Snow Shoe Thompson
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In 1855 in old California a man was a looking in the paper one dayUncle Sam needs a postman to carry the mailThrough the High Sierra Mountains over God forsaken trailsSnow Shoe Thompson told `em he knew he was their manI`ll get through them mountains if anybody canHe took a pair of snowshoes he took a pair of skisAnd led out through that mountains where the normal man would freezeHe was cautious as a mountain cat fleet as a deerTough as a grizzly bear he knew no fearHe lived a life of danger bringin` mountain people the newsCause Snow Shoe Thompson packed the mail on through[ banjo ]In the High Sierra Mountains it was 32 belowBlue blizzard fairly whistled bringin` 40 feet of snowNo one dared to venture on a slippery mountain trailsBut Snow Shoe kept a comin` he was packin` US mailHis face was weather beaten from his many rugged milesBut he knew it was worth it when he`d see the people smileHis deeds are not forgotten they stay in the Hall of FameThey stay in old Squaw Valley to Snow Shoe Thompson`s nameHe was cauition as a mountain cat...