Green Green Grass of Home 青青家乡
Tom Jones 汤姆.琼斯
Green Green Grass of Home 青青家乡
《青青家乡》是一首非常感人的老歌,优美的曲子不知被多少乐器演绎。歌词写的是一个死刑犯在枪决的前夜梦见自己回到了故乡,那些熟悉的面孔都来迎接他,这些亲人有他爸爸妈妈和青梅竹马的玛丽,歌词中他还回忆了美好的童年时光。但是这只是一场梦而已,醒来发现自己依然在冷冰冰的监狱里,次日便要被押赴刑场。歌曲是Claude Putman写的,首唱此歌的是歌手Johnny Darrell。此歌1965年由乡村歌手Porter Wagoner演唱而开始走红,当年在乡村音乐排行榜上名列第四。1966年威尔士歌手Tom Jones翻唱了此歌,这是我最喜欢的版本。Tom Jones的版本在英国的单曲排行榜上连续七周第一名。此歌到2012年,已经销售了1.23百万。2009年,年近古稀的Tom Jones在纽约的一家饭店又深情地唱起了这首忧伤的歌曲。
歌词
The old home town looks the same 老家还是原来的模样
As I step down from the train 我跳下火车回到故乡
And there to greet me is my mama and papa 迎接我的是妈妈和爸爸
Down the road I look, and there runs Mary 我的玛丽一蹦一跳向我跑来
Hair of gold, lips like cherries 还是那樱桃小嘴,还是那漂亮金发
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home 回家真好,又踏触我的青青家乡
Yes, they'll all come to meet me 是的,他们都来迎接我回家
Arms reachin', smilin' sweetly 相拥相抱,相视相笑
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home 回家真好,又踏触我的青青家乡
The old house is still standin 那些旧房依然这样
Though the paint is cracked and dry 尽管油漆已经剥落精光
And there's that old oak tree 那颗老橡树还是老样
That I used to play on 在树上有我童年的快乐时光
Down the lane I'll walk with my sweet Mary 沿着小巷我和玛丽并肩走回家
Hair of gold, lips like cherries 还是那樱桃小嘴,还是那漂亮金发
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home 回家真好,又踏触我的青青家乡
Then I awake and look around me 我醒来环顾四周
At the four gray walls that surround me 将我团团围住是四堵灰墙
And I realize that I was only dreaming 我终于认识到这只是一场美梦
For you see there's a guard and a sad old padre 我只看到监守和神父
Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak 在黎明我们会一起走向刑场
then I'll touch the green green grass of home 我就会踏触我的青青家乡
Yes, they'll all come to see me 是的,他们都来看我回家
in the shade of that old oak tree 他们都会聚集在那颗老橡树下
as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home 将我轻轻埋在我的青青家乡
