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Cherokee Louiseby Joni Mitchell Cherokee Louise is hiding in this tunnel In the Broadway bridge * We're crawling on our knees We've got flashlights and batteries We've got cold cuts from the fridge Last year about this time We used to climb up in the branches Just to sway there in some breeze Now the cops on the street They want Cherokee Louise People like to talk Tongues are waggin' over fences Waggin' over phones All their doors are locked God she can't even come to our house But I know where she'll go To the place where you can stand And press your hands like it was bubblebath In dust piled high as me Down under the street My friend Poor Cherokee Louise Ever since we turned thirteen It's like a minefield Walking to the door Going out you get the third degree And comin' in you get the third world war Tuesday after school We put our pennies on the rails And when the train went by We were jumpin' round like fools Goin' "Look no heads or tails" Goin' "Look my lucky prize" She runs home to her foster dad He opens up a zipper And he yanks her to her knees Oh please be here please My friend Poor Cherokee Louise Cherokee Louise is hiding in this tunnel In the Broadway bridge We're crawling on our knees We've got Archie and Silver Screen I know where she is The place where you can stand And press your hand like it was bubblebath In dust piled high as me Down under the street My friend Poor Cherokee Louise Oh Cherokee Louise © 1988, 1991; Crazy Crow Music |
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Additional information:*Footnotes
In the late 1920s, a consultant to the City of Saskatoon's Planning Board recommended that "a downtown commercial area could be saved from becoming a slum by building a bridge linking Broadway Avenue to it". C.J. Mackenzie, the Dean of Engineering, who had a strong interest in city planning, lobbied for the project but was told by the Mayor of Saskatoon that if he wanted to see the project go ahead he should run for City Council and speak from "the seat of power."”He did run, and was elected, and during his term in office the project was approved and the necessary bylaw was passed. But it may only have been the advent of the Great Depression and federal make-work projects that saved that Broadway Bridge project from taking several years to be initiated. The project was approved as a federal make-work project in November 1931 (with funding from the city and provincial governments as well), and full-scale work began in late December 1931. Piers needed to be built while the river was still frozen. Dean Mackenzie took a leave of absence from the University to accept the contract to design and build the bridge, while his engineering staff consisted entirely of recent College of Engineering graduates. Over 1,500 men worked on the job. Nicknamed the "Engineer's Bridge" or "Dean's Bridge," the Broadway Bridge was officially opened on 11 November 1932 and was known as one of the finest structures of its kind in Canada.
Guitar Transcriptions of Cherokee LouiseCherokee Louise has been recorded by 13 others
Bürgi, Silas (- 2008)
Charlotte (from "Noches De Luna Llena" - 2010) Chris Gonzales (from "Zipholo" - 1999) Clusellas, Jacinta (- 2012) Dee, Charlie (from "A Tribute To Joni Mitchell Live At Kriterion" - 2009) Eller, Cassia (from "Do Lado do Avesso " - 2012) Ingvordsen, Maiken (from "This Is Now" - 2006) Itxaso & Daniel Perez (from "New Land Lur Berria" - 2000) Lady B (- ) Matthews, Wendy (from "She" - 2008) Peter Herbert, ena, Wolfgang Mitterer & Koehne Quartett (from "Joni (12 Songs by Joni Mitchell)" - 2011) Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet (from "Safaris to the Heart - The Songs of Joni Mitchell" - 2010) Tatyana Balakirsky & Alex Nadjarov (from "Live at MuzEnergo-4" - 2008) » [more information on recordings by other artists]
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