THE UNICORN - Das Einhorn
Ein Song aus der Feder von Shel Silverstein. The Unicorn Song von 1968 wurde zum Aushängeschild der kanadisch-irischen Folkband „The Irish Rovers“ und ist heute noch weltweit in Irish Pubs populär, obwohl er weder etwas mit Irland noch mit irischer Kultur zu tun hat.
Zu Shel Silverstein:
Silversteins musikalisches Werk umfasst zahlreiche Songs, die durch andere Künstler Hits wurden. So schrieb er „ A Boy Named Sue“ für Johnny Cash, der für letzteren 1970 einen Grammy erhielt. Cash nannte den Song ”the most cleverly written song I´ve ever heard”. „One's on the way“ wurde ein Hit für Loretta Lynn.
Silverstein schrieb die meisten Stücke der Gruppe Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show wie „Cover of the Rollin' Stone, Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball und Sylvia's Mother“. Der Song „The Ballad of Lucy Jordan“, der 1979 von Marianne Faithfull aufgenommen wurde, stammt ebenso von Silverstein wie „Queen of the Silver Dollar“ vom Emmylou Harris.
Silverstein war ebenso als Kinderbuch- und Drehbuchautor tätig, Silverstein wurde in die Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame aufgenommen, er starb 1999 in Key West.
Der Song von uns interpretiert:
The Unicorn
A long time ago, when the Earth was green
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
They'd run around free while the Earth was being born
And the loveliest of all was the unicorn
There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the unicorn
The Lord seen some sinning and it gave Him pain
And He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain"
He says, "Hey Noah, I'll tell you what to do
Build me a floating zoo, and take some of those
Green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
Don't you forget My unicorns
Old Noah was there to answer the call
He finished up making the ark just as the rain started to fall
He marched the animals two by two
And he called out as they came through
Hey Lord,
I've got green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn
I just can't find no unicorns"
And Noah looked out through the driving rain
Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games
Kicking and splashing while the rain was falling
Oh, them silly unicorns
There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Noah cried, "Close the door because the rain is falling
And we just can't wait for no unicorns"
The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide
The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away
That's why you never see unicorns to this very day
You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorns.