Can you get the lyrics of a song in "Onkel Toms Huette" by listening?

[qqu...@hotmail.com]

Dear Everyone:

One of the songs in the film "Onkel Toms Huette" (Uncle Tom's Cabin;
1965) directed by Geza von Radvanyi is "Mississippi River".

As much as I can gather from a few different sources, the lyrics, in
English, is as follows. But based on listening to a clip from the
film, it does not seem to be right, especially the 2nd stanza.
However, it is difficult to recognize every single word in a song by
listening alone.

Could you tell if the lyrics is right?

The film clip is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5NhKwt17M
and the said song begins at 1:44.

Old Mississipi, many you have seen,
Old Mississsippi good friends we have been,
Oh, you know my yearning burning in my heart,
And you know my sadness when we part.

Old Misssissipi rolling to the sea,
Old Mississipipi where down can we live,
Take away my sorrow, make me gay and strong,
All the time we been where's to long.

Thank you for reading and replying. And I also hope that you would
like the song.

--Roland

[Matt]

On Mar 16, 2:32 am, qqu...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Dear Everyone:
>
> One of the songs in the film "Onkel Toms Huette" (Uncle Tom's Cabin;
> 1965) directed by Geza von Radvanyi is "Mississippi River".
>
> As much as I can gather from a few different sources, the lyrics, in
> English, is as follows. But based on listening to a clip from the
> film, it does not seem to be right, especially the 2nd stanza.
> However, it is difficult to recognize every single word in a song by
> listening alone.
>
> Could you tell if the lyrics is right?
>

> The film clip is athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5NhKwt17M

> and the said song begins at 1:44.
>
> Old Mississipi, many you have seen,
> Old Mississsippi good friends we have been,
> Oh, you know my yearning burning in my heart,
> And you know my sadness when we part.
>
> Old Misssissipi rolling to the sea,
> Old Mississipipi where down can we live,
> Take away my sorrow, make me gay and strong,
> All the time we been where's to long.
>
> Thank you for reading and replying. And I also hope that you would
> like the song.

I got:

Old old Mississippi, many you have seen,
Old old Mississippi, good friends we have been,
Oh you know my yearning burning in my heart,

And you know my sadness when we part.

Old old Mississippi, rolling to the sea,
Old old Mississippi, way down can we be,
Take away my sorrows, make me gay and strong,
All the time have we been <glitch>

The "glitch" is a fault in the audio, and I don't think it's possible
to tell what's being sung there. The last word could be "long", but it
could be "along" or something else similar in sound.

[tony cooper]

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--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[qqu...@hotmail.com]

Matt: Thank you very much for the effort! It seems that I only hear
one "old" at the beginning of the first two lines while you hear two.

Additionally, there is another version of the video at

http://www.56.com/u63/v_NDA4OTkzNzI.html

and it even has the caption in English but with errors. And the sound
quality appears to be better, though I am not quite sure if there is
any glitch there.

Maybe you can figure it out?

Thank you!

--Roland

[Telstar]

IMO

Matt is largely correct.

Old Old is correct.

The last line is 'All the time that we've been--much too long.'

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[James Hogg]

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:29:14 -0700 (PDT), qqu...@hotmail.com
wrote:

>Matt: Thank you very much for the effort! It seems that I only hear
>one "old" at the beginning of the first two lines while you hear two.
>
>Additionally, there is another version of the video at
>
> http://www.56.com/u63/v_NDA4OTkzNzI.html
>
>and it even has the caption in English but with errors. And the sound
>quality appears to be better, though I am not quite sure if there is
>any glitch there.

I hear the last line (indistinctly) as:

All the time have we been much too long.

James

[jerry_f...@yahoo.com]

On Mar 16, 3:11 am, "Telstar" <n...@none.net> wrote:
> IMO
>
> Matt is largely correct.
>
> Old Old is correct.

Agreed. I might punctuate it, "Old, old Mississippi".

> The last line is 'All the time that we've been--much too long.'

...

I'm getting "All the time of weepin' was too long," with no glitch
this time.

I'm also getting the feeling that the writer and director had seen at
least one version of /Show Boat/.

--
Jerry Friedman

[Evan Kirshenbaum]

Matt <matt271...@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> On Mar 16, 2:32 am, qqu...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Old Misssissipi rolling to the sea,
>> Old Mississipipi where down can we live,
>> Take away my sorrow, make me gay and strong,
>> All the time we been where's to long.
>>

> I got:
>

> Old old Mississippi, rolling to the sea,
> Old old Mississippi, way down can we be,

I get that line ending in "carry me"

> Take away my sorrows, make me gay and strong,
> All the time have we been <glitch>
>
> The "glitch" is a fault in the audio, and I don't think it's
> possible to tell what's being sung there. The last word could be
> "long", but it could be "along" or something else similar in sound.

I get that line as ending in "much too long".

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[Matt]

On Mar 16, 9:11 am, "Telstar" <n...@none.net> wrote:
> IMO
>
> Matt is largely correct.

But also somewhat incorrect.

As others have pointed out, the sixth line is actually:

"Old old Mississippi, way down carry me"

and the last, which you can hear better on the second version, is:

"All the time of weeping was too long"

Ho-hum.

[hanna-...@gmx.de]

Good morning everyone,
I have searched very long and now I have the lyrics from the mississippi song, I think.

here a summary:


Old, old Mississippi, many you have seen,
Old, old Mississippi good friends we have been,

Oh, you know my yearning burning in my heart,

And you know my sadness when we part. / depart.

Old, old Mississippi rolling to the sea,
Old, old Mississippi way down carry me.
Take away my sorrows, make me gay and strong,
All the time of weeping - much to long.

Okay, so long!

Cucumberface

[lidewij...@gmail.com]

Dear all. Searching the internet for this song, I came across this discussion. I heard the song many many years ago. I realized that I've always remembered the 7th line a bit differently. Could be right?
best, Lid.

Old, old Mississippi, many you have seen,

Old, old Mississippi good friends we have been,

Oh, you know my yearning burning in my heart,

And you know my sadness when we part

Old, old Mississippi rolling to the sea,

Old, old Mississippi way down carry me.

Take away my sorrows, help me getting strong,

All the time of weeping was too long.




Op donderdag 2 augustus 2012 09:06:59 UTC+2 schreef hanna-...@gmx.de het volgende:

[luzius....@gmail.com]

Got the german Version. its not the same meaning everywere but its nice too, track 37 from the soundtrack:

Old old Mississippi
hast so viel gesehn
Old old Mississippi
du kannst mich verstehen
du kennst meine Sehnsucht
die im Herzen brennt
du kennst auch Ferne die uns trennt

Old old Mississippi
ziehst in stolzer Ruh
Old old Mississippi
wär ich doch wie du
nehm mir meinen Sorgen
gib mir neuen Mut
dann wird eines Tages alles gut

[yd...@aptos.com]

I believe you have the right version:
- ... way down carry me
- ... was too long
Thank you

[Mocha Mocha]

Oh thou Mississippi many you have seen
Oh thou Mississippi good friends we have been
Oh you know my yearning burned in my hod
And you know my sadness when we pod

Oh thou Mississippi rowing through the sea
Oh thou Mississippi way down carrying me
Take away my sorrows make me gey and strong
Oh the time of weeping was too long


https://youtu.be/sEHDyc95QdI