Arkansas Traveler Lyrics

Song	Arkansas Traveler
Artist	Bobby Horton
Album	Homespun Songs of 19th Century America
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[00:00.000]	作曲 : Robert Jay Horton
[00:18.947]	Oh, once upon a time in Arkansas,
[00:21.102]	An old man sat in his little cabin door
[00:23.486]	And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear,
[00:25.809]	A jolly old tune that he played by ear.
[00:28.069]	It was raining hard, but the fiddler didn't care,
[00:30.269]	He sawed away at the popular air,
[00:32.702]	Tho' his rooftree leaked like a waterfall,
[00:35.082]	That didn't seem to bother the man at all.
[00:56.102]	A traveler was riding by that day,
[00:58.213]	And stopped to hear him a-practicing away;
[01:00.648]	The cabin was a-float and his feet were wet,
[01:03.135]	But still the old man didn't seem to fret.
[01:05.381]	So the stranger said "Now the way it seems to me,
[01:07.864]	You'd better mend your roof," said he.
[01:10.153]	But the old man said as he played away,
[01:12.401]	"I couldn't mend it now, it's a rainy day."
[01:33.462]	The traveler replied, "That's all quite true,
[01:35.799]	But this, I think, is the thing to do;
[01:38.241]	Get busy on a day that is fair and bright,
[01:40.539]	Then patch the old roof till it's good and tight."
[01:42.834]	But the old man kept on a-playing at his reel,
[01:45.172]	And tapped the ground with his leathery heel.
[01:47.509]	"Get along," said he, "for you give me a pain;
[01:49.888]	My cabin never leaks when it doesn't rain."

[00:00.000]	zuo qu : Robert Jay Horton
[00:18.947]	Oh, once upon a time in Arkansas,
[00:21.102]	An old man sat in his little cabin door
[00:23.486]	And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear,
[00:25.809]	A jolly old tune that he played by ear.
[00:28.069]	It was raining hard, but the fiddler didn' t care,
[00:30.269]	He sawed away at the popular air,
[00:32.702]	Tho' his rooftree leaked like a waterfall,
[00:35.082]	That didn' t seem to bother the man at all.
[00:56.102]	A traveler was riding by that day,
[00:58.213]	And stopped to hear him apracticing away
[01:00.648]	The cabin was afloat and his feet were wet,
[01:03.135]	But still the old man didn' t seem to fret.
[01:05.381]	So the stranger said " Now the way it seems to me,
[01:07.864]	You' d better mend your roof," said he.
[01:10.153]	But the old man said as he played away,
[01:12.401]	" I couldn' t mend it now, it' s a rainy day."
[01:33.462]	The traveler replied, " That' s all quite true,
[01:35.799]	But this, I think, is the thing to do
[01:38.241]	Get busy on a day that is fair and bright,
[01:40.539]	Then patch the old roof till it' s good and tight."
[01:42.834]	But the old man kept on aplaying at his reel,
[01:45.172]	And tapped the ground with his leathery heel.
[01:47.509]	" Get along," said he, " for you give me a pain
[01:49.888]	My cabin never leaks when it doesn' t rain."

[00:00.000]	zuò qǔ : Robert Jay Horton
[00:18.947]	Oh, once upon a time in Arkansas,
[00:21.102]	An old man sat in his little cabin door
[00:23.486]	And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear,
[00:25.809]	A jolly old tune that he played by ear.
[00:28.069]	It was raining hard, but the fiddler didn' t care,
[00:30.269]	He sawed away at the popular air,
[00:32.702]	Tho' his rooftree leaked like a waterfall,
[00:35.082]	That didn' t seem to bother the man at all.
[00:56.102]	A traveler was riding by that day,
[00:58.213]	And stopped to hear him apracticing away
[01:00.648]	The cabin was afloat and his feet were wet,
[01:03.135]	But still the old man didn' t seem to fret.
[01:05.381]	So the stranger said " Now the way it seems to me,
[01:07.864]	You' d better mend your roof," said he.
[01:10.153]	But the old man said as he played away,
[01:12.401]	" I couldn' t mend it now, it' s a rainy day."
[01:33.462]	The traveler replied, " That' s all quite true,
[01:35.799]	But this, I think, is the thing to do
[01:38.241]	Get busy on a day that is fair and bright,
[01:40.539]	Then patch the old roof till it' s good and tight."
[01:42.834]	But the old man kept on aplaying at his reel,
[01:45.172]	And tapped the ground with his leathery heel.
[01:47.509]	" Get along," said he, " for you give me a pain
[01:49.888]	My cabin never leaks when it doesn' t rain."

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