The Brothers Four 是一個四重唱演唱組,最經典的歌曲應該算是「Where have all the flowers gone」。這首歌的中文譯名是「花落誰家」,很有詩意,但是它要表達的卻不是詩意、愛情。
[CENTER]Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the flowers gone?
The girls have picked them every one.
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn? ...... [/COLOR][/CENTER]
這首歌是六十年代著名的反戰歌曲,歌詞大意是:姑娘們摘取了花朵,小夥子娶了姑娘,小夥子上了戰場,最終都到了墳墓。墳墓建在花叢中...... 在when will you ever learn?的低吟淺唱當中,他們表達了對戰爭的厭惡和無奈。
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[CENTER]Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them, every one!
Oh When will they ever learn,
Oh When will they ever learn?
*
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to husbands, every one!
Oh When will they ever learn,
Oh When will they ever learn?
*
Where have all the husbands gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the husbands gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone to soldiers, every one!
Oh When will they ever learn,
Oh When will they ever learn?
*
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, every one!
Oh When will they ever learn,
Oh When will they ever learn?
*
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, every one!
Oh When will they ever learn,
Oh When will they ever learn?
*
Where have all the flowers gone?
這張唱片共14 首,現在一共收了七首,又找到下面兩首:
[c]This Land Is Your Land
[mp3]http://1492.flamesky.com/public/14mgmy.wma[/mp3]
Come To My Bedside, My Darlin'[/c]
[mp3]http://1492.flamesky.com/public/07mgmy.wma[/mp3]
From the musical "The Fantasticks"
Try to remember the kind of September
when life was slow and oh, so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
when gras was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember and if you rememer, then follow,
(echo) follow, follow, follow, follow
follow, follow, follow, follow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
that no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
that dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
that love was an ember about to billow.
[chorus]
Deep in December it's nice to remember it's nice
to remember altho' you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December it's nice to remember it's nice
to remember without a hurt the heart is hollow.
Deep in December it's nice to remember it's nice
to remember the fire of September that made use mellow. [/c]
[c]《Yellow Bird》鳥兒
Yellow bird,
up high in banana tree.
Yellow bird,
you sit all alone like me.
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad,
makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away,
in the sky away.
You\'re more lucky than me.
I also had a pretty girl,
she\'s not with me today.
They\'re all the same those pretty girls.
Take tenderness, then they fly away.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You\'re more lucky than me.
Wish that I were a yellow bird,
I\'d fly away with you.
But I am not a yellow bird,
so here I sit Nothing I can do.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.
《Seven Daffodils》(七朵水仙花)
I may not have a mansion
I havent any land
Not even a paper dollar
To twinkle in my hand
But I can show you morning
On a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils
I do not have a fortune
To buy you pretty thing
But I can weave you moonbeams
For necklaces and rings
And I can show you morning
On a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils
Oh, seven golden daffodils
All shinning in the sun
To light our way to evening
When our day is done
And I will give you music
And a crust of bread
A pillow of piney boughs
To rest your head
A pillow of piney boughs
To rest your head[/c]
[c]500 Miles 離家五百里
500 miles - the brother four
if you miss the train i'm on
you will know that i am gone
you can hear the whistle blow
a hundred miles
a hundred miles a hundred miles
a hundred miles a hundred miles
you can hear the whistle bow
a hundred miles
lord i'm one lord i'm two
lord i'm three lord i'm four
lord i'm five hundred miles
away home
away home away home
away home away home
lord i'm five hundred miles
away home
not a shirt on my back
not a penny to my name
lord i can't go back home
this away
this away this away
this away this away
lord i can't go back home this away
if you miss the train i'm on
you will know that i am gone
you can hear the whistle blow
a hundred miles[/c]