Cash, Johnny - Girl In Saskatoon Lyrics

nardwuar vs post malone brought me here

Anyone here from La Ronge?

"Bedded down in the caragana"?! Caragana bushes are chock full of thorns - I don't think the songwriter had ever seen one.

I think Johnny knew... he used it as a metaphor for hardships on the way to get to her.

Fucking rez chicks man

Saskatoon - what a fantastic name.

Farm kid from about 200 kms northwest of Saskatoon. Doesn't sound close but on the Canadian prairies it is. This song has a sad and dark history. Google Alex Wiwcharuk, she was the original Girl From Saskatoon if you don't know the story. It'll break your heart.

That can't be true. This song was released in 1960, but she was murdered in 1962. I'm sure many people have used the song to add poignancy to her murder, but it wasn't originally about her. (eg. a book about her was called Girl From Saskatoon)

This song is about a girl that ended up being murdered. It's actually very sad . . .

This song is not about the nurse that was murdered, that was in 1962. Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton wrote this song around 1960. Johnny Horton died November 5th 1961, couple of weeks later Johnny was in the recording studio and recorded girl from Saskatoon. Johnny and June and their son John Carter, had a cabin in Northern Saskatchewan where they would vacation from time to time and fish. The Cash's enjoyed Northern Saskatchewan and even help raise money for an arena to be rebuilt.

This girl was murdered and cash never played it again

Miss u johnny

here from criminally listed 💜

You others from Criminally Listed look up the murder of Gail Miller in Saskatoon. Interesting, no?

me too (:

Jesus Christ ME TOO ! pmsl x wanted to hear the song he sang for her xx

update on case - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/nieces-gather-saskatoon55th-anniversary-1.4125110

Me too.

but but yah ,, Saskatoon

Just here because postie got a vinyl from nardwuar lol

shame on you

Co-Written with Johnny Horton

on aura tout vu la tu réveiller pour lui faire faire cette chanson la est vraiment bonne je t'aime Julie bye xxx

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+Colin Smith DURANT

Alexandra Wiwcharuk was the girl from Saskatoon She was a nurse that was killed in 1962 and her murder has never been solved

i'm sitting in my living room on the east side.

I always thought Saskatoon was too of a burn out city, but johnny cheers me up about this place. :)

is song about joni mitchell her hometown is saskatoon what was her address there

Not really, no.

I am wondering if he found one there as he had performed in Saskatoon. Never had heard the murder part. Anyone know anymore about that?

Duane Marxen Alexandra wiwcharuk is the girl he's talking about. Oh and the murder part is very real. Her murder has never been solved.

I'm burning for a girl from Saskatoon, we just moved in together :)

Was she serial killed like the girl this song was wrote about? Feel good. This song has a depressing truth associated with it.

Замечательно!

@zink220
I would love to hear more about that claim; that does sound a bit far-fetched, but most awesome if it is indeed true.

@ThatsMrMoronToYou Lol, Canada was "British America" before it was "Canada" back in 1870 and beyond. And i i m an American.
John wrote the song with not only his friend, but with the one and only Johnny Horton, who happened to be one of his best friends..

Usually Americans and geography got me like..."My god he's dumb". Props...but... technically Canada was not a united country till 1949 when Newfoundland joined :) The more you know *insert shooting star here*

@TheZekemeister Fop, is geography not taught in your schools? America is a Continent. Canada is a country(the largest)that occupies the northern portion of it. If you missed this bit of information at school, perhaps you should double-check any map or globe. ...just sayin'...

This song is about Saskatoon, Saskatchewan he explains it on the Personal File album about how him and a friend wrote it while driving back from a show in Saskatoon

@myfriendsfordinner Sorry to butt in, but Saskatoon is in America. Honest. Look it up.

@sotthapana okay, honey, Saskatoon is not American. And no, not much of the West side is ghetto, a few streets. And everybody drives an over sized truck because all of the men work in the trades, where it's pretty much required to have one. You don't know a thing about Saskatoon, go back to BC.

I moved to Saskatoon recently for school and it's not a total dump in all areas, but it's a lot more "American" than what I'm used to. Much of the West side is a ghetto and everyone seems to drive an over-sized truck. People here are a little simpler than other parts of the country. They don't seem to know what good food is (the restaurants are terrible) and they don't give a rat's ass about the environment.
Looking forward to moving back to BC in a few years... LOL

anyone know where Johnny stayed in Saskatoon the night he performed at the Arena?

Ken Kun this was a song written by Johnny Horton and Johnny Cash, while on tour. You can hear the J.Horton influence.

She wrote this about a girl who was murdered by a serial killer. Feel good.

We miss you Johnny!

What a dump!

Eugene Hutz (from Gogol Bordello) played and sang this song at the Gogol Bordello concert in Saskatoon on October 4, 2009. It was quite good and the crowd went wild.

is this the first take of this song?it doesnt sound like the others at all

nice!!!

Saskatoon , Saskatchewan,CANADA.....Right on Johnny.

Pretty cool Cash tune here.