Rio Grande is a 1950 Western film. It is the third installment of John Ford's "cavalry trilogy," following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).
John Wayne stars in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache, then as Captain of Cavalry Nathan Cutting Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande (scripts and production billing spell the York/Yorke character's last name differently in Fort Apache and Rio Grande).
The film is based on a short story "Mission With No Record" by James Warner Bellah, that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on September 27, 1947, and the screenplay was written by James Kevin McGuinness.
Ford wanted to make The Quiet Man first, but Republic Pictures studio president Herbert Yates insisted that Ford make Rio Grande first, using the same combination of Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; Yates did not feel that the script of The Quiet Man was very good, and wanted Rio Grande to be released first to pay for The Quiet Man. To Yates's surprise The Quiet Man, on its eventual release in 1952, would become Republic's number one film in terms of box office receipts.[citation needed]
Plot
Harry Knuckles (code name Spanish Fly) must stop his nemesis who has kidnapped his daughter and poisoned her. Harry and his partner, Santo must find the serum that can save her and stop the ancient Aztec Mummy and it's evil zombies that pursue.
Keywords: aztec-indian, character-name-in-title, cyborg, decapitation, kidnapping, kidnapping, kung-fu, mummy, poison, serum
[Harry sneaks up behind Santo at the shore of the lake]::Harry Knuckles: You didn't hear me approach Santo, what's up with that man ?::Santo: Many years of wrestling with the forces of evil has taught us both the stealth of "el gato."
[Harry and Santo are travelling on a boat]::Santo: Tell me, have you heard the one about the chicken and the egg ? It seems that a chicken and egg were lying in bed together. The chicken was seen to be relaxed, a wing behind his head, and stroking his chest lazily and smoking a cigarette. By contrast, the egg had turned his back to the chicken. He was staring at the wall, his arms crossed, and with a disgruntled attitude. The chicken leaned over to the egg and said, "well, I guess that settles that question."
Rio Grande
The crisis of 2006 hit me so bad
Lost my house, lost my wife
Found myself on the street in Colorado
Found myself by the Rio Grande
The night came, I got some fear in me
Made a fire to warm my soul
Then I started to jump like going crazy
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Hop and jump by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
My heart was happy
I conquered my fear
I felt free by the Rio Grande
Dancing with my shadow by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
My soul felt free, my heart happy
I really felt free by the Rio Grande
Hop here and there by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
I danced all night long, danced and danced,
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Swinging my hips, twitch my legs
Check my legs, bend my knees
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along one, two, three,
Dancing along un, deux, trois
Un, deux, trois, un, deux, trois
One, two, three
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along one, two, three
By Clement Albert Mutombo Kankonde © 2010 All rights reserved
clementalbert@rocketmail.com
Wooo
Ride 'em
Ride 'em cowboy
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
Ride 'em
Ride 'em cowboy
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
Ride 'em
Ride 'em cowboy
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
(All aboard)
Rio Grande Rio Grande
I'd swim you but I can't
Late at night flickering fire
Keeps me warm and safe from harm
Little man, understands
The Indian's upperhand
Never stray, always travel in groups of ten
Cherokee trail (trail)
Cherokee trail (trail)
I'm ridin' you all alone
Cherokee trail (trail)
Cherokee trail (trail)
I can't find my way back home
Oh the great big river
Rolls on and on
Oh the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Yeah the great big river
Rolls on and on
And the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Rollin' rollin' rollin' on
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
The river's deep and the river's so wide
She's waitin' for me on the other side
Yea-yeah
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
I want the river to take me home
Can't ride the river no more all alone
Yea-yeah
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
I wanna tell you that she's so fine
I'm gonna love her 'til the end of time
Yeah yeah
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
I wanna tell you that she's my girl
There's nothin' like her in this whole wide world
Yeah yeah
Night bloomin' jasmine
It comes a-creepin' through my window
Night bloomin' jasmine
While I'm a-sleepin' near my window
Ahhhhh (bow bow bow bow)
Night bloomin' jasmine
It comes a-creepin' through my window
Night bloomin' jasmine
While I'm a-sleepin' near my window
(Rio Grande Rio Grande)
Oh the great big river
Rolls on and on
Oh the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Yeah the great big river
Rolls on and on
And the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Rollin' rollin' rollin' on (onnnnn)
I guess she put her blue dress on
And walked out late last night
Left one silk stocking
Dangling from the bedside light
I sobered up and called her name
Just before the dawn
I saw her footprints in the sand
And knew that she had gone
Down the Rio Grande
I pulled out of Albuquerque
Prayin' I wasn't late
I got a couple cups of coffee
At some joint off the interstate
Passin' through Las Cruces
I swear I saw her car
She always said she'd go someday
But never said how far
Down the Rio Grande
Maybe she's in Brownsville
She's got some family there
She was always talkin' ?bout
The salty Gulf Coast air
Where the river ends
Down the Rio Grande
I saw an old gray heron
Flyin' south against the wind
Storm clouds over Juarez
Rollin' east to the Big Bend
I drove down Highway Ninety
Through a dusty desert wind
I didn't know where it would lead me
Or if I'd find her again
Down the Rio Grande
I lit my last cigarette
As the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead
A red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border
?Tween the future and the past
One fading slowly
And the other comin' fast
Down the Rio Grande
Maybe she's in Brownsville
She's got some family there
She was always talkin' ?bout
The salty gulf coast air
Where the river ends
Down the Rio Grande
I bought a bottle in Del Rio
And I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night
Starin' at the lights of Mexico
And I walked down to border bridge
At the break of day
And I threw that empty bottle off
And I watched it float away
Down the Rio Grande
Maybe she's in Brownsville
She's got some family there
She was always talkin ?bout
The salty gulf coast air
Where the river ends
Down the Rio Grande
Have you seen the look of love on my babe's face
Have you seen the way she smiles.
Well it makes me wonder how a simple man like me
Be so lucky to have her for a wife
To live in love for the rest of our lives
Me and my wife.
Have you heard the way she sings her lullaby
In her sleep the dreams she dreams are of me.
Well it makes me wonder how a simple man like me
Be so lucky to have her for a wife
To live in love for the rest of our lives
Me and my wife.
Though time wont erase the smile from her face
and her memory of those cold winter nights.
And it makes me wonder how a simple man like
Be so lucky to have her for a wife
To live in love for the rest of our lives
Me and my wife.
Love grows stronger by the day and its needless to say
That she'll be staying by my side
That's all I've got to say thank you for your time of day
I must be on my way.
And I still wonder why a simple man like me
be so lucky to have her for my wife
To live in love for the rest of our lives
Time: 8:12 Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP
Producer: Brian Wilson/Lenny Waronker
Co-Producer: Andy Paley
Recorded and mixed by Mark Linett at Ground Control and Soundcastle
Bluegrass sections recorded by Rob Dimit at Twilite Sound
Brian Wilson/Andy Paley
Wooo
Ride 'em
Ride 'em cowboy
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
Ride 'em
Ride 'em cowboy
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
Ride 'em
Ride 'em cowboy
Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a
(All aboard)
Rio Grande Rio Grande
I'd swim you but I can't
Late at night flickering fire
Keeps me warm and safe from harm
Little man, understands
The Indian's upperhand
Never stray, always travel in groups of ten
Cherokee trail (trail)
Cherokee trail (trail)
I'm ridin' you all alone
Cherokee trail (trail)
Cherokee trail (trail)
I can't find my way back home
Oh the great big river
Rolls on and on
Oh the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Yeah the great big river
Rolls on and on
And the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Rollin' rollin' rollin' on
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Ahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh
Big big big sky
[Undertands the Indian's]
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
The river's deep and the river's so wide
She's waitin' for me on the other side
Yea-yeah
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
I want the river to take me home
Can't ride the river no more all alone
Yea-yeah
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
I wanna tell you that she's so fine
I'm gonna love her 'til the end of time
Yeah yeah
Whao yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yea-yeah
I wanna tell you that she's my girl
There's nothin' like her in this whole wide world
Yeah yeah
Night bloomin' jasmine
It comes a-creepin' through my window
Night bloomin' jasmine
While I'm a-sleepin' near my window
Ahhhhh (bow bow bow bow)
Night bloomin' jasmine
It comes a-creepin' through my window
Night bloomin' jasmine
While I'm a-sleepin' near my window
(Rio Grande Rio Grande)
Oh the great big river
Rolls on and on
Oh the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong
Yeah the great big river
Rolls on and on
And the great big river
Makes my heart beat strong