Martha Jane Cannary Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903) was a frontierswoman and professional scout. Her reputation comes from fighting Native American Indians and from here relationship with Wild Bill Hickok (fact or fiction?). She was a woman who showed kindness and compassion towards others, especially the sick and needy. This contrast helped to make her a famous and infamous frontier figure.
If you are interested, you can read more at biography.com. Here's the introduction:
Calamity Jane was born Martha Jane Cannary, circa May 1, 1852, in Princeton, Missouri. By age 12, her parents had died and she had to make a living by any means necessary. She traveled to South Dakota and met Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood where her legend as a hard drinking woman was born. Her reputation was advanced with stories of heroism and charity in an autobiography and western dime novels. She performed in Wild West shows immortalizing her as one of the more colorful characters of the West. Eventually, the hard life caught up with her and she died at age 51, in 1903.
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| Doris Day played the role of Calamity Jane in the film, Calamity Jane (1953) |
A more recent song (April 2010) by Camélia Jordana: Calamity Jane
Tant de vallées, de prairie, de rivières
Et la joie des plaines
La chance, la déveineJ'ai croisé des cactus
Des roulottes à la chaine
Et des fantômes à la pelle
J'ai déballé tous les monde
Mes bottes foulaient la poussière
De bonheurs et de peines
J'ai bravé cent dangers
Traversé les terres chères aux Cheyennes
J'en ai déçu des Sioux même
Calamity Jane (x4)
Calamity Jane (x4)
J'ai tant laissé derrière moi
Abandonné mon coeur au désir
Soumis mon corps aux tempêtes
J'ai misé sur demain
J'ai flambé mes dollars au poker
J'ai tout brûlé mes amulettes
J'en ai pisté des canailles,
Des terreurs, la nuit à cheval
Sous la chaleur sans éventail
J'ai croisé des prêcheurs, des païens,
Des hommes san lois ni armes
Un héros sans défauts, sans faille
Que j'aime
Calamity Jane (x4)
Calamity Jane (x4)
Tant de vallées, de prairies, de rivières
Et la joie des plaines,
La chance la déveine
Si le ciel me faisait des cadeaux
Revés d'une vie nouvelle
Sans hésiter je revivrai la mienne
Calamity Jane (x4)
Calamity Jane (x4)
Calamity Jane (x4)
My best,
Just Jane
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-- means = a method, a course of action; "moyens"; "by all means" = certainly; "by any means" = in any way possible
-- dime novels = a dime is 10 cents, 1/10 of a dollar. The first profitable mass literature in America was the dime novel, which emerged in 1860. The dime novel focused on the West because of America's increasing fascination and curiosity with expansion, Native Americans and pioneers. Often real characters like Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane were fictionalised.
--to catch up with somebody (another phrasal verb) = rattraper. Another example: Finally his unhealthy habits caught up with him and he became very sick.
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