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Song Old Joe Bowers
Artist Bobby Horton
Album Homespun Songs of 19th Century America
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[00:00.000] 作曲 : Robert Jay Horton
[00:26.637] My name, it is Joe Bowers.
[00:29.715] I got a brother, Ike;
[00:32.976] I came from old Missouri,
[00:35.861] Yes, all the way from Pike.
[00:39.165] I'll tell you why I left there,
[00:42.151] And how I came to roam,
[00:45.514] To leave my poor old Mammy
[00:48.644] So far away from home.
[00:51.907] I used to love a girl there;
[00:55.072] They call her Sally Black.
[00:58.294] I asked her for to marry me;
[01:01.327] She said it was a whack.
[01:04.503] Says she to me, "Joe Bowers,
[01:07.765] Before we hitch for life,
[01:10.888] You'd ought to have a little home,
[01:13.744] To keep your little wife."
[01:17.281] Says I, "My dearest Sally--
[01:20.494] Oh, Sally, for your sake,
[01:23.763] I'll go to California
[01:26.844] And try to raise a stake."
[01:30.155] Says she to me, "Joe Bowers,
[01:33.426] Oh, ou are the chap to win,
[01:36.501] So give me a kiss to seal the bargain,"
[01:39.809] And I throwed a dozen in.
[01:42.793] I'll never forget my feelings
[01:45.872] When I bid adieu to all.
[01:49.103] Sally, she catched me around the neck,
[01:51.665] And I began to bawl.
[01:55.119] When I set in, they all commenced--
[01:58.423] You've never heard the like,
[02:01.216] The way they all took on and cried
[02:04.059] The day I left old Pike.
[02:07.694] When I got to this here country,
[02:10.768] I hadn't nary a red.
[02:13.848] I had such wolfish feelings,
[02:17.012] I wished myself most dead.
[02:20.046] But the thoughts of my dear Sally
[02:23.263] Soon made them feelings get,
[02:26.199] And whispered hopes to Bowers,
[02:29.318] "Lord, I wish I had them yet."
[02:57.434] Then I went to a-mining
[03:00.432] Put in my biggest licks,
[03:03.410] Came down upon the boulders
[03:06.482] Just like ten thousand bricks;
[03:09.651] I worked both late and early
[03:12.590] In rain and sun and snow,
[03:15.902] I was working for my Sally,
[03:18.851] But it was all the same to Joe.
[03:22.400] I made a very lucky strike,
[03:25.104] As the gold itself did tell,
[03:28.287] And saved for my Sally,
[03:31.279] The girl I loved so well.
[03:34.462] I saved it for my Sally
[03:37.361] That I might ported at her feet
[03:40.648] That she might kiss and hug me
[03:43.772] And call me something sweet
[03:46.949] But one day I got a letter
[03:49.746] From my dear, kind brother Ike.
[03:52.874] It came from old Missouri,
[03:55.864] Yes, all the way from Pike.
[03:59.127] It told me the goldarndest news
[04:02.348] That ever you did hear.
[04:05.285] My heart is amost a-bursting,
[04:08.275] So pray excuse this tear.
[04:12.006] It said my Sally was fickle.
[04:14.535] Her love for me had fled,
[04:17.863] That she had married with a butcher
[04:20.994] Whose hair was awful red.
[04:24.166] It told me more than that
[04:26.823] It's enough to make one swear
[04:30.554] Said Sally had a baby,
[04:33.589] And the baby had red hair.
[04:37.183] Now, I’ve told you all I could tell you about this sad affair,
[04:43.145] About Sally married a butcher
[04:46.170] and the butcher had red hair,
[04:49.531] Whether it was a boy or gal child
[04:52.713] The letter never said,
[04:55.796] It only says that cursed hair
[04:59.109] was inquired to be red.
[00:00.000] zuo qu : Robert Jay Horton
[00:26.637] My name, it is Joe Bowers.
[00:29.715] I got a brother, Ike
[00:32.976] I came from old Missouri,
[00:35.861] Yes, all the way from Pike.
[00:39.165] I' ll tell you why I left there,
[00:42.151] And how I came to roam,
[00:45.514] To leave my poor old Mammy
[00:48.644] So far away from home.
[00:51.907] I used to love a girl there
[00:55.072] They call her Sally Black.
[00:58.294] I asked her for to marry me
[01:01.327] She said it was a whack.
[01:04.503] Says she to me, " Joe Bowers,
[01:07.765] Before we hitch for life,
[01:10.888] You' d ought to have a little home,
[01:13.744] To keep your little wife."
[01:17.281] Says I, " My dearest Sally
[01:20.494] Oh, Sally, for your sake,
[01:23.763] I' ll go to California
[01:26.844] And try to raise a stake."
[01:30.155] Says she to me, " Joe Bowers,
[01:33.426] Oh, ou are the chap to win,
[01:36.501] So give me a kiss to seal the bargain,"
[01:39.809] And I throwed a dozen in.
[01:42.793] I' ll never forget my feelings
[01:45.872] When I bid adieu to all.
[01:49.103] Sally, she catched me around the neck,
[01:51.665] And I began to bawl.
[01:55.119] When I set in, they all commenced
[01:58.423] You' ve never heard the like,
[02:01.216] The way they all took on and cried
[02:04.059] The day I left old Pike.
[02:07.694] When I got to this here country,
[02:10.768] I hadn' t nary a red.
[02:13.848] I had such wolfish feelings,
[02:17.012] I wished myself most dead.
[02:20.046] But the thoughts of my dear Sally
[02:23.263] Soon made them feelings get,
[02:26.199] And whispered hopes to Bowers,
[02:29.318] " Lord, I wish I had them yet."
[02:57.434] Then I went to amining
[03:00.432] Put in my biggest licks,
[03:03.410] Came down upon the boulders
[03:06.482] Just like ten thousand bricks
[03:09.651] I worked both late and early
[03:12.590] In rain and sun and snow,
[03:15.902] I was working for my Sally,
[03:18.851] But it was all the same to Joe.
[03:22.400] I made a very lucky strike,
[03:25.104] As the gold itself did tell,
[03:28.287] And saved for my Sally,
[03:31.279] The girl I loved so well.
[03:34.462] I saved it for my Sally
[03:37.361] That I might ported at her feet
[03:40.648] That she might kiss and hug me
[03:43.772] And call me something sweet
[03:46.949] But one day I got a letter
[03:49.746] From my dear, kind brother Ike.
[03:52.874] It came from old Missouri,
[03:55.864] Yes, all the way from Pike.
[03:59.127] It told me the goldarndest news
[04:02.348] That ever you did hear.
[04:05.285] My heart is amost abursting,
[04:08.275] So pray excuse this tear.
[04:12.006] It said my Sally was fickle.
[04:14.535] Her love for me had fled,
[04:17.863] That she had married with a butcher
[04:20.994] Whose hair was awful red.
[04:24.166] It told me more than that
[04:26.823] It' s enough to make one swear
[04:30.554] Said Sally had a baby,
[04:33.589] And the baby had red hair.
[04:37.183] Now, I' ve told you all I could tell you about this sad affair,
[04:43.145] About Sally married a butcher
[04:46.170] and the butcher had red hair,
[04:49.531] Whether it was a boy or gal child
[04:52.713] The letter never said,
[04:55.796] It only says that cursed hair
[04:59.109] was inquired to be red.
[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : Robert Jay Horton
[00:26.637] My name, it is Joe Bowers.
[00:29.715] I got a brother, Ike
[00:32.976] I came from old Missouri,
[00:35.861] Yes, all the way from Pike.
[00:39.165] I' ll tell you why I left there,
[00:42.151] And how I came to roam,
[00:45.514] To leave my poor old Mammy
[00:48.644] So far away from home.
[00:51.907] I used to love a girl there
[00:55.072] They call her Sally Black.
[00:58.294] I asked her for to marry me
[01:01.327] She said it was a whack.
[01:04.503] Says she to me, " Joe Bowers,
[01:07.765] Before we hitch for life,
[01:10.888] You' d ought to have a little home,
[01:13.744] To keep your little wife."
[01:17.281] Says I, " My dearest Sally
[01:20.494] Oh, Sally, for your sake,
[01:23.763] I' ll go to California
[01:26.844] And try to raise a stake."
[01:30.155] Says she to me, " Joe Bowers,
[01:33.426] Oh, ou are the chap to win,
[01:36.501] So give me a kiss to seal the bargain,"
[01:39.809] And I throwed a dozen in.
[01:42.793] I' ll never forget my feelings
[01:45.872] When I bid adieu to all.
[01:49.103] Sally, she catched me around the neck,
[01:51.665] And I began to bawl.
[01:55.119] When I set in, they all commenced
[01:58.423] You' ve never heard the like,
[02:01.216] The way they all took on and cried
[02:04.059] The day I left old Pike.
[02:07.694] When I got to this here country,
[02:10.768] I hadn' t nary a red.
[02:13.848] I had such wolfish feelings,
[02:17.012] I wished myself most dead.
[02:20.046] But the thoughts of my dear Sally
[02:23.263] Soon made them feelings get,
[02:26.199] And whispered hopes to Bowers,
[02:29.318] " Lord, I wish I had them yet."
[02:57.434] Then I went to amining
[03:00.432] Put in my biggest licks,
[03:03.410] Came down upon the boulders
[03:06.482] Just like ten thousand bricks
[03:09.651] I worked both late and early
[03:12.590] In rain and sun and snow,
[03:15.902] I was working for my Sally,
[03:18.851] But it was all the same to Joe.
[03:22.400] I made a very lucky strike,
[03:25.104] As the gold itself did tell,
[03:28.287] And saved for my Sally,
[03:31.279] The girl I loved so well.
[03:34.462] I saved it for my Sally
[03:37.361] That I might ported at her feet
[03:40.648] That she might kiss and hug me
[03:43.772] And call me something sweet
[03:46.949] But one day I got a letter
[03:49.746] From my dear, kind brother Ike.
[03:52.874] It came from old Missouri,
[03:55.864] Yes, all the way from Pike.
[03:59.127] It told me the goldarndest news
[04:02.348] That ever you did hear.
[04:05.285] My heart is amost abursting,
[04:08.275] So pray excuse this tear.
[04:12.006] It said my Sally was fickle.
[04:14.535] Her love for me had fled,
[04:17.863] That she had married with a butcher
[04:20.994] Whose hair was awful red.
[04:24.166] It told me more than that
[04:26.823] It' s enough to make one swear
[04:30.554] Said Sally had a baby,
[04:33.589] And the baby had red hair.
[04:37.183] Now, I' ve told you all I could tell you about this sad affair,
[04:43.145] About Sally married a butcher
[04:46.170] and the butcher had red hair,
[04:49.531] Whether it was a boy or gal child
[04:52.713] The letter never said,
[04:55.796] It only says that cursed hair
[04:59.109] was inquired to be red.
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