from an old prechristian idea: The night mare caused nightmares , riding YOU while you slept.!

cf
the song "ghost riders in the sky"
A modern, diabolically attractive update of an old and fearful idea.A trap of the devil for moderns.
The song is about a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, fire-breathing cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the ghosts of damned cowboys. One warns him that if he does not change his ways he will be doomed to join
them, forever "trying to catch the
Devil's herd across the endless skies."
More than fifty different artists have recorded versions of this classic. Charting versions were recorded by Vaughn Monroe, Bing Crosby, and by Burl Ives. Other versions were recorded by ROY ROGERS, FRANKIE LAINE, MARTY ROBBINS, JOHNNY CASH, DUANE EDDY, PEGGY LEE, AND MANY OTHERS!


An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw
A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the Riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry:
Yippie yi Ohhhhh
Yippie yi yaaaaay
Ghost Riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't(=hasn't) caught them yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on, hear their cry:
Yippee etc
As the riders loped on by him ,he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from Hell a-riding on our range
Then cowboy, change your ways today, or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies"
Yippie yi Ohhhhh
Yippie yi Yaaaaay
Ghost Riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky
Legend:Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw
A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the Riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry:
Yippie yi Ohhhhh
Yippie yi yaaaaay
Ghost Riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't(=hasn't) caught them yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on, hear their cry:
Yippee etc
As the riders loped on by him ,he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from Hell a-riding on our range
Then cowboy, change your ways today, or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies"
Yippie yi Ohhhhh
Yippie yi Yaaaaay
Ghost Riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky
An impressionable 12 year-old boy rode to the top of an Arizona hill one afternoon with an old cowboy friend to check a windmill. A big storm was building and they needed to lock the blades down before the wind hit. When finished, they paused to watch the clouds darken and spread across the sky. As lightning flashed, the old cowboy told the boy to watch closely and he would see the devil's herd. Their eyes red and hooves flashing, would stampede ahead of phantom horsemen. The old cowboy warned the youth that if he didn't watch himself, he would someday be up there with them, chasing steers for all eternity. The terrified boy jumped on his horse and took off for the the safety of home. Years later, he recalled that scary, dark afternoon. On his 34th birthday, 1948, Stan Jones sat outside his Death Valley home and wrote "Ghost Riders In The Sky."
2. under construction : it takes/I take huge fall over off etc
CORRECTED FEB EXAMS : MORE
ANTI-sick medicine.
We were swimMing.all day
Although
I prefer TO go to THE beach,. IT/THIS is the best thin
Goodbye,
You The church was closed, we needED to wait FOR them.
I like
I had to stop and got GET over THE PROBLEM to
When I was fifteen
I have been a long time withOUT
I'm glad
At barbecues we eat
We
..../...swimming pool.We can play football, we can play with water.(Waterpolo, I think)
WE CAN PLAY WATERPOLO?
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