The story of the Ponderosa told by Lorne Greene and set to clips from Bonanza. Created by littlejoy, Bonanza World member. bonanzaworld.net BonanzaWorldVideos
sandra sanders You can find it on Lorne Greene' s solo album "Welcome To The Ponderosa"..--I've been crying so many tears listening to the song. Greetings from Hamburg/Germany
Really outstanding! I recall hearing that song on a record, many years ago, and one line stayed with me all this time: "Husky, and jolly, and hardly ever cross. My wife named him Eric, but I called him Hoss."
LOVE THE BONANZA SHOW !! WISH WE COULD GET A BOOK LIKE THAT LOREN WROTE.! SURE BE GREAT TO FOLLOW, SEE THE AREAS THEY WENT , TRAVELED THROUGH BACK THEN, I KNOW HE HAS TOLD ABOUT THEM ON SHOWS, BUT YOUR NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT'S THE AREA YOU'RE THINKING OF. AND ALL THE BOYS MOTHERS AND WHERE THEY WERE FROM. GREAT FAMILY THEY ARE !! FUN SHOWS, GREAT WESTERN COWBOYS THEY ARE !!
OMG the tears overflowing my eyes any time I hear this story. It's truly emotional. And the wind repeating: PONDEROSA it's really shocking. Thanks for sharing. BONANZA FOREVER
This is a beautiful video and one of Lorne Greene's most powerful songs. I listened to his music for many years and know all the words. He was a wonderful person who had a special gift in his voice and as an actor. He will always be special.
Stopped by to watch/listen to this again. I always love to listen to Lorne tell his story/songs. He has one of the soothing yet powerful sounding voices. Anyway thank you for reposting this still miss all the cool people from BW
Growing up Bonanza was one of my three favorite shows, along with The Waltons and Star Trek. But of the three, my favorite character was Hoss Cartwright. And I still remember the whole it left in my life when Dan Blocker passed away. But I was fortunate enough to be able to be at the Rose Parade parade when Lorne Greene was the grand Marshall in 1981.
Before you right off into the night, my friends, here's a story for the road. It's my own story of the west...The Saga of the Ponderosa. Behind me lay the stormy sea that I would sail no more, The love that was so dear to me lay buried on the shore, And my arms were holding my newborn son, Reminding me that the past was done, And the wind I heard, carried a strange-sounding word, Ponderosa, Ponderosa ! The dusty road ahead of me was callin' like a friend, My hungry boots were itchin' made to reach the other end, Where the land was free and the years turned slow With room for me and my son to grow And the west winds came, bearing that strange-sounding name, Ponderosa, Ponderosa ! My Adam was a yearling when we reached the Ole Missouri, And I labored day and night to buy a wagon and a team, 'Cause my hopes were in a hurry, But suddenly my heart stopped me flat in my tracks...Like that ! 'Twas a woman, gay and pretty, sparkling with joy, And I wanted her to share my dreams... Our wedding cake was as light as down, With a Valentine bride in a frosting gown, And she was all things beautiful, and a mother to my boy We started off together, on that February morn, Through Nebraska down to Kansas, Through the Spring and Autumn weather To the edge of Colorado, where my second son was born Husky, and jolly, and hardly ever cried, My wife named him Eric...but I called him Hoss My life was full of happiness, too wonderful to tell, When, down upon our wagon train, there swarmed a savage hell, Made of crying arrows and dying men, And all my sorrows returned again, And the wind wept through the sky, Telling my dead Love goodbye, Ponderosa, Ponderosa ! I took my sons and mothered them, but fear had left its shadow, It seems they grew the farther on we went in Colorado, For the land rose up, and it stood on end, With a crown on top, cold and white, And the days were made of ridin,' and a-slippin,' and a slidin,' And my boys wouldn't hide their fright, I would wake up in the night and hear them crying in their sleep, And I'd weep... But they never knew, and somehow, We got through From Utah to Nevada, it was easy all the way, We left behind that shadow, and it faded day by day, For the sweet winds heralded a laughing tune, The wagon wheels rumbled, "We'll get there soon," And the ground all around, thundered that strange, rolling sound, Ponderosa, Ponderosa ! Virginia City ! Boomtown ! Brash, Bold town, Wired, Silver and Gold town, Where I worked, and I jumbled, and I watched my fortune grow, Till disaster dealt a hand I couldn't play Big Joe Collins was a friend, and my life woulda' ended, But he saved it at a cost of his own, And his wife was alone, far away from the West, And I couldn't refuse his last request, I made the sad and weary trip, and told her how he died, And from the day I saw her tears, I couldn't leave her side, And the months flew by, like so many startled birds, We both seemed to know without uttering the words, And my friend would have wanted it so, And I brought her west, and she became lovely as a mother, So she gave my boys a brother, and we called him Little Joe Well, it was time to find my land, and to build a dream I'd planned, So I started off alone, and the wind led on me to a valley rich as Eden, Where the trees were like a pillar for a temple, With a wide, blue dome, and, all at once, I knew... This place was home. I asked an old trapper what kind of trees they were, But he went right on draggin' in his line, Then he raised his ancient head, and I shivered when he said, We call 'em Ponderosa Pine And on half a million acres of that strange-sounding name, I staked my claim My sons have grown to manhood, as the years have drifted on, And each of them reminds me of a love that's passed and gone, But the strength that flows from the earth and the pine, Warms my heart like a vintage wine, With a love rich and strong, For this is where we belong On the Ponderosa, Ponderosa, Ponderos
Great song by Pa Benjamin Cartwright, telling the true story of how all 5 Female Bellydancing 👑 Queens were born in different areas & how they would up in Virginia City, Nevada.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I could sit and watch these Bonanza videos all day long. This one is another really awesome video. I would really really love to get my hands on some cds of Lorne Greene and Pernell Poberts singing My Dad used to have a Lorne Greene LP but I don't Know what happened to it. would anyone know how to get any of these on cd
Did anyone notice that Ben keeps telling Joe that he looks just like his mother, but Marie's hair was blonde in the episode "Marie my Love"? Just thought I'd point that out.
Well that properly didn't fit in the song. The 'saga' of the show made that the house was build only shortly befor Ben married Joe's mothe, as can be seen in the "Marie, my love" episode. So the song Is wrong.
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This was fantastic I've never heard this before and you know Bonanza is 60 years old this year!
sandra sanders You can find it on Lorne Greene' s solo album "Welcome To The Ponderosa"..--I've been crying so many tears listening to the song.
Greetings from Hamburg/Germany
@@henrietteherz5790 Thank you Henriette..Lorene really had a voice, didnt he?...Watching season 3 of Bonanza..loving every minute...I miss them!
Wonderful. "Saga Of The Ponderosa" is one of my all time favourite songs,and this video has been created with so much love.
from Hamburg/Germany
C.B.
Really outstanding! I recall hearing that song on a record, many years ago, and one line stayed with me all this time: "Husky, and jolly, and hardly ever cross. My wife named him Eric, but I called him Hoss."
LOVE THE BONANZA SHOW !! WISH WE COULD GET A BOOK LIKE THAT LOREN WROTE.! SURE BE GREAT TO FOLLOW, SEE THE AREAS THEY WENT , TRAVELED THROUGH BACK THEN, I KNOW HE HAS TOLD ABOUT THEM ON SHOWS, BUT YOUR NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT'S THE AREA YOU'RE THINKING OF. AND ALL THE BOYS MOTHERS AND WHERE THEY WERE FROM. GREAT FAMILY THEY ARE !! FUN SHOWS, GREAT WESTERN COWBOYS THEY ARE !!
OMG the tears overflowing my eyes any time I hear this story. It's truly emotional. And the wind repeating: PONDEROSA it's really shocking. Thanks for sharing. BONANZA FOREVER
This is a beautiful video and one of Lorne Greene's most powerful songs. I listened to his music for many years and know all the words. He was a wonderful person who had a special gift in his voice and as an actor. He will always be special.
Stopped by to watch/listen to this again. I always love to listen to Lorne tell his story/songs. He has one of the soothing yet powerful sounding voices. Anyway thank you for reposting this still miss all the cool people from BW
Very good! I really enjoyed Lorne Green singing his life story of Bonanza.
History of the family in a song great job.
Great seeing the story of all three mothers 😊😊😊
This is truly epic. I've loved this song ever since Dad bought the "Ringo" Lp in 1965.
Growing up Bonanza was one of my three favorite shows, along with The Waltons and Star Trek. But of the three, my favorite character was Hoss Cartwright. And I still remember the whole it left in my life when Dan Blocker passed away. But I was fortunate enough to be able to be at the Rose Parade parade when Lorne Greene was the grand Marshall in 1981.
Before you right off into the night, my friends, here's a story for the road. It's my own story of the west...The Saga of the Ponderosa.
Behind me lay the stormy sea that I would sail no more,
The love that was so dear to me lay buried on the shore,
And my arms were holding my newborn son,
Reminding me that the past was done,
And the wind I heard, carried a strange-sounding word,
Ponderosa, Ponderosa !
The dusty road ahead of me was callin' like a friend,
My hungry boots were itchin' made to reach the other end,
Where the land was free and the years turned slow
With room for me and my son to grow
And the west winds came, bearing that strange-sounding name,
Ponderosa, Ponderosa !
My Adam was a yearling when we reached the Ole Missouri,
And I labored day and night to buy a wagon and a team,
'Cause my hopes were in a hurry,
But suddenly my heart stopped me flat in my tracks...Like that !
'Twas a woman, gay and pretty, sparkling with joy,
And I wanted her to share my dreams...
Our wedding cake was as light as down,
With a Valentine bride in a frosting gown,
And she was all things beautiful, and a mother to my boy
We started off together, on that February morn,
Through Nebraska down to Kansas,
Through the Spring and Autumn weather
To the edge of Colorado, where my second son was born
Husky, and jolly, and hardly ever cried,
My wife named him Eric...but I called him Hoss
My life was full of happiness, too wonderful to tell,
When, down upon our wagon train, there swarmed a savage hell,
Made of crying arrows and dying men,
And all my sorrows returned again,
And the wind wept through the sky,
Telling my dead Love goodbye,
Ponderosa, Ponderosa !
I took my sons and mothered them, but fear had left its shadow,
It seems they grew the farther on we went in Colorado,
For the land rose up, and it stood on end,
With a crown on top, cold and white,
And the days were made of ridin,' and a-slippin,' and a slidin,'
And my boys wouldn't hide their fright,
I would wake up in the night and hear them crying in their sleep,
And I'd weep...
But they never knew, and somehow,
We got through
From Utah to Nevada, it was easy all the way,
We left behind that shadow, and it faded day by day,
For the sweet winds heralded a laughing tune,
The wagon wheels rumbled, "We'll get there soon,"
And the ground all around, thundered that strange, rolling sound,
Ponderosa, Ponderosa !
Virginia City ! Boomtown ! Brash, Bold town,
Wired, Silver and Gold town,
Where I worked, and I jumbled, and I watched my fortune grow,
Till disaster dealt a hand I couldn't play
Big Joe Collins was a friend, and my life woulda' ended,
But he saved it at a cost of his own,
And his wife was alone, far away from the West,
And I couldn't refuse his last request,
I made the sad and weary trip, and told her how he died,
And from the day I saw her tears, I couldn't leave her side,
And the months flew by, like so many startled birds,
We both seemed to know without uttering the words,
And my friend would have wanted it so,
And I brought her west, and she became lovely as a mother,
So she gave my boys a brother, and we called him Little Joe
Well, it was time to find my land, and to build a dream I'd planned,
So I started off alone, and the wind led on me to a valley rich as Eden,
Where the trees were like a pillar for a temple,
With a wide, blue dome, and, all at once, I knew...
This place was home.
I asked an old trapper what kind of trees they were,
But he went right on draggin' in his line,
Then he raised his ancient head, and I shivered when he said,
We call 'em Ponderosa Pine
And on half a million acres of that strange-sounding name,
I staked my claim
My sons have grown to manhood, as the years have drifted on,
And each of them reminds me of a love that's passed and gone,
But the strength that flows from the earth and the pine,
Warms my heart like a vintage wine,
With a love rich and strong,
For this is where we belong
On the Ponderosa,
Ponderosa,
Ponderos
This is wonderful! I cannot get enough of Bonanza and the men of the Ponderosa!
Magnificent. Thank you for sharing.
Tenho certeza que valeu tudo o que passaram por conseguir Ponderosa ❤❤❤
Muchas gracias por este maravilloso video.
thank you very much.
Brilliant actor brilliant singer ! Eh
Great!! Awesome!!!
Great song by Pa Benjamin Cartwright, telling the true story of how all 5 Female Bellydancing 👑 Queens were born in different areas & how they would up in Virginia City, Nevada.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I could sit and watch these Bonanza videos all day long. This one is another really awesome video. I would really really love to get my hands on some cds of Lorne Greene and Pernell Poberts singing My Dad used to have a Lorne Greene LP but I don't Know what happened to it. would anyone know how to get any of these on cd
I got a Lorne Greene cd I think it was a greatest hit a lot of good music on there I had never heard on eBay
...but I called him Hoss! Fantastic!
Thanks so much for this, great job!
This is great I always wondered how he met his wife's
Wow, that answered questions I’ve had since childhood. 😊
That was amazing. Thank you.
that was great!! -bonanzagrl!
😊😊😇dzięki 😊😊
Outstandg
Damn good video.
Part of it at the end is from Henry T. P. Comstock.
Your English is very good. I wish I knew Spanish as well :)
Excelent clip. Do you have the episode where the Hoss's mother died? Sorry for my english, but I speak spanish and a little of english.
Did anyone notice that Ben keeps telling Joe that he looks just like his mother, but Marie's hair was blonde in the episode "Marie my Love"? Just thought I'd point that out.
Maybe in the face..what is strange is that ML had a baby pic which does him with blonde hair! Blonde!..It was dyed chestnut brown for the show..
Excellent video and song! Do you have the lyrics? Thanks
This is real story of all 6 Female Bellydancing 👑 Queens.
Well that properly didn't fit in the song. The 'saga' of the show made that the house was build only shortly befor Ben married Joe's mothe, as can be seen in the "Marie, my love" episode. So the song Is wrong.