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"The Ballad of Paladin" is a song written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe and performed by Duane Eddy. The song reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Eddy's flip side was the theme to The Wild Westerners.
The song was produced by Lee Hazlewood and arranged by Bob Thompson. Drummer Earl Palmer played on the session. Duane Eddy was good friends with the show's star Richard Boone and appeared with him in a couple of the episodes. He also appeared with him in the 1962 motion picture The Wild Westerners
The song was also used heavily in the film Stand by Me.
B-side "The Wild Westerners"
Released June 1962
Genre Rockabilly
Length 1:56
Label RCA Victor
Songwriters Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Producer Lee Hazlewood
LYRICS (by Johnny Western)
Have gun will travel, reads the card of a man
A knight without armor in a savage land
His fast gun hire, heeds the calling wind
A soldier of fortune, is a man called --- Pal-a- din
Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam
Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home
He travels on to where ever he must
A chess knight of silver is his badge of trust
There are campfire legends that the plainsmen sing
Of the man with the gun, of the man called --- Pal-a- din.
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[C] Paladin, Paladin, [F] where do you [C] roam
Paladin, Paladin, [F] far, far from [C] home
[F] Far from [C] home, [F] far from [C] home.
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"The Ballad of Paladin" is a song written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe and performed by Duane Eddy. The song reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Eddy's flip side was the theme to The Wild Westerners.
The song was produced by Lee Hazlewood and arranged by Bob Thompson. Drummer Earl Palmer played on the session. Duane Eddy was good friends with the show's star Richard Boone and appeared with him in a couple of the episodes. He also appeared with him in the 1962 motion picture The Wild Westerners
The song was also used heavily in the film Stand by Me.
B-side "The Wild Westerners"
Released June 1962
Genre Rockabilly
Length 1:56
Label RCA Victor
Songwriters Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Producer Lee Hazlewood
LYRICS (by Johnny Western)
Have gun will travel, reads the card of a man
A knight without armor in a savage land
His fast gun hire, heeds the calling wind
A soldier of fortune, is a man called --- Pal-a- din
Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam
Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home
He travels on to where ever he must
A chess knight of silver is his badge of trust
There are campfire legends that the plainsmen sing
Of the man with the gun, of the man called --- Pal-a- din.
___________________________________________________________
[C] Paladin, Paladin, [F] where do you [C] roam
Paladin, Paladin, [F] far, far from [C] home
[F] Far from [C] home, [F] far from [C] home.
For more movie slideshows and soundtracks go to, the complet album playlist, here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyHn3f7-9IUL7h6--OZ_BCcNc-RvB4LnO
@johnnystaccata
#duaneeddy #paladin #デュアンエディ #パラディン #johnnystaccata
#havegunwilltravel
@johnnystaccata
