[00:00.000] 作词 : Traditional
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Traditional
[00:05.126]Poverty, poverty knock,
[00:07.437]My loom it is saying all day.
[00:10.261]Poverty poverty knock,
[00:12.812]Gaffer's too skinny to pay.
[00:15.365]Poverty, poverty knock,
[00:17.691]Keeping one eye on the clock.
[00:19.755]I know I can guttle
[00:21.301]When I hear my shuttle
[00:22.607]Go poverty, poverty knock
[00:24.659]
[00:25.437]Up ev'ry morning at five,
[00:27.760]I wonder that we keep alive.
[00:30.331]Tired and yawning,
[00:31.611]Another cold morning
[00:32.641]It's back to the dreary old drive.
[00:35.011]
[00:35.524]Poverty, poverty knock,
[00:37.842]My loom it is saying all day.
[00:40.631]Poverty poverty knock,
[00:42.988]Gaffer's too skinny to pay.
[00:45.532]Poverty, poverty knock,
[00:48.138]Keeping one eye on the clock.
[00:49.937]I know I can guttle
[00:51.489]When I hear my shuttle
[00:52.784]Go poverty, poverty knock
[00:55.130]
[00:55.655]Oh dear, we're going to be late,
[00:58.206]Gaffer is stood at the gate;
[01:00.809]We're out of pocket
[01:01.825]Our wages he'll dock it,
[01:03.136]We'll have to buy grub on the slate.
[01:05.233]
[01:05.749]Poverty, poverty knock,
[01:08.113]My loom it is saying all day.
[01:10.946]Poverty poverty knock,
[01:13.314]Gaffer's too skinny to pay.
[01:15.902]Poverty, poverty knock,
[01:18.485]Keeping one eye on the clock.
[01:20.279]I know I can guttle
[01:21.851]When I hear my shuttle
[01:23.184]Go poverty, poverty knock
[01:25.527]
[01:26.063]And when all our wages they'll bring,
[01:28.398]We're often short of a string.
[01:30.974]While we are fratching
[01:32.545]With Gaffer for snatching
[01:33.301]We know to his purse he will cling.
[01:35.925]
[01:36.172]Poverty, poverty knock,
[01:38.512]My loom it is saying all day.
[01:41.080]Poverty poverty knock,
[01:43.645]Gaffer's too skinny to pay.
[01:46.196]Poverty, poverty knock,
[01:48.770]Keeping one eye on the clock.
[01:50.581]I know I can guttle
[01:52.151]When I hear my shuttle
[01:53.463]Go poverty, poverty knock
[01:55.817]
[01:56.349]Sometimes a shuttle flies out
[01:58.662]And gives some poor woman a clout.
[02:01.244]There she lies bleeding
[02:02.508]But nobody's heading,
[02:03.570]Oh who's going to carry her out?
[02:06.152]
[02:06.424]Poverty, poverty knock,
[02:08.752]My loom it is saying all day.
[02:11.598]Poverty poverty knock,
[02:13.947]Gaffer's too skinny to pay.
[02:16.555]Poverty, poverty knock,
[02:19.098]Keeping one eye on the clock.
[02:20.874]I know I can guttle
[02:22.666]When I hear my shuttle
[02:23.976]Go poverty, poverty knock
[02:26.317]
[02:27.078]Oh dear, my poor head it sings,
[02:29.145]I should have woven three strings.
[02:31.716]But threads are breaking,
[02:32.764]And my back is aching,
[02:34.075]Oh dear how I wish I had wings.
[02:36.410]
[02:36.911]Poverty, poverty knock,
[02:38.971]My loom it is saying all day.
[02:41.819]Poverty poverty knock,
[02:44.177]Gaffer's too skinny to pay.
[02:46.977]Poverty, poverty knock,
[02:49.306]Keeping one eye on the clock.
[02:51.380]I know I can guttle
[02:52.930]When I hear my shuttle
[02:54.207]Go poverty, poverty knock
[02:56.784]
[02:57.035]Poverty, poverty knock,
[02:59.605]Poverty, poverty knock,
[03:01.969]Poverty, poverty knock...