[00:00.000] 作曲 : Daniel Decatur Emmett/1846
[00:34.626] If you should come in summer time,
[00:39.199] To Souf Carolina sultra clime,
[00:43.663] If in de shade you chance to lie,
[00:48.369] You'll soon find but dat blue tail fly.
[00:50.884] An scratch 'im wid a brier too.
[01:02.640] When I was young I used to wait,
[01:07.115] On massa's table and hand de plate,
[01:11.875] I'd pass the bottle when he get dry,
[01:16.406] An brush away de blue tail fly.
[01:18.778] An scratch 'im wid a brier too.
[01:30.344] Then after dinner massa sleep,
[01:35.033] He bid me vigilance to keep;
[01:39.704] And when he gwine to shut his eye,
[01:44.372] He tell me watch dat blue tail fly.
[01:46.896] An scratch 'im wid a brier too.
[01:58.312] When he ride in arternoon,
[02:02.834] I follow arter wid a hickory broom,
[02:07.631] De pony being bery shy,
[02:12.246] When bitten by de blue tail fly.
[02:14.769] An scratch 'im wid a brier too.
[02:26.461] One day he rode aroun de farm,
[02:30.897] De flies so numerous did swarm;
[02:35.646] One chance to bite him on de flight,
[02:40.306] De debble take dat blue tail fly.
[02:42.921] An scratch 'im wid a brier too.
[02:54.228] De pony run dar hop an pitch,
[02:58.694] And trowed ole massa in the ditch,
[03:03.323] He died an de Jury and wondered why,
[03:07.883] Dat de verdict was de blue tail fly.
[03:10.458] An scratch 'im wid a brier too.
[03:21.780] Dey laid him beneath a 'simmon tree,
[03:26.554] His epitaph am dere to see
[03:31.125] 'Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie,
[03:35.748] The victim ob de blue tail fly.
[03:38.161] An' scratch 'um wid a briar too.
[03:49.698] Ole massa's gone, now let 'im rest,
[03:54.461] Dey say all tings am for de best;
[03:58.987] I neber shall forget till de day I die,
[04:03.642] Ole massa an' dat blue tail fly.
[04:06.201] An' scratch 'um wid a briar too.