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Not a single soul there was spared

English translation: not a single soul in the town was spared


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18:30 Jun 30, 2011
English to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: Not a single soul there was spared
"On the old Rio Grande around midnight
Young boy had fallen asleep
The old yeller dog
He found on the trail
Lay curled in a ball at his feet

The cowpokes was all drunk and wasted
In a town right close to the herd
When a hurricane wind come blowing in
There weren't time to give them no word

St. Elmo's fire lit up the herd
Turned them and turned them to one
When they plowed through the town
With the eeriest sound
Not a single soul there was spared
Not a soul there was spared

The young boy went whipping and riding
Into the darkness of night
The cookie's young steed was a hell of a ride
And the saddle bags bulged on each side
He rode northeast toward the sunrise
That came when the wind died away

The saddle bags held all
The cookie had come by
Beef jerky a gun and his pay
It was the kid's lucky day"

My question is:
Whose soul wasn't spared?
roadbike
Local time: 04:08
English translation:not a single soul in the town was spared
Explanation:
The St Elmo's fire and the ghostly herd sweep through the town with the hurricane - and so no one in the town is left alive / spared.
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Liz Broomfield
United Kingdom
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4 +9not a single soul in the town was spared
Liz Broomfield


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
not a single soul there was spared
not a single soul in the town was spared


Explanation:
The St Elmo's fire and the ghostly herd sweep through the town with the hurricane - and so no one in the town is left alive / spared.

Liz Broomfield
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac
0 min
  -> Thank you!
agree  Tony M: soul = person / inhabitant
1 min
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agree  Ildiko Santana
9 mins
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agree  eski: Sounds a lot like one of my infamous barbecue events..! eski :))
15 mins
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agree  jccantrell: Yep, everybody in the town kicked the bucket.
1 hr
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agree  Suzan Hamer: That's right; everyone bit the dust, bought the farm, gave up the ghost. Expired. No one survived.
3 hrs
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agree  Phong Le
5 hrs
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agree  JaneTranslates
10 hrs
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agree  Thuy-PTT
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