The Reluctant Conscript

歌曲 The Reluctant Conscript
歌手 Bobby Horton
专辑 Homespun Songs of the C. S. A., Volume 3

歌词

[00:23.741] How are you boys, I'm just from camp and feel as brave as Caesar
[00:27.408] The sound of bugle, drum, and fife has raised my Ebeneezer
[00:31.044] I'm full of fight, odd shots, and shell, I'll leap into the saddle
[00:34.961] And when the yankees see me come, Lord how they will skedaddle
[00:39.154] Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't shake your knees and blink so
[00:42.799] It's no time to dodge the act, brave comrades don't you think so
[00:54.575] I was a plow boy in the field, a gawking, lazy, dodger
[00:57.940] When came the conscript officer and took me for a soldier
[01:01.861] He put a musket in my hand and showed me how to fire it
[01:05.780] I marched and counter-marched all day; Lord, how I did admire it
[01:09.690] With corn and hog fat for my food, a digging, guarding, drilling
[01:13.613] I got as thin as twice-skimmed milk and scarcely worth the killing
[01:17.533] And now I'm used to homely fare, my skin is tough as leather
[01:21.175] I do guard duty cheerfully in every kind of weather
[01:33.207] 'Tis true I have not seen a fight, nor have I smelt gunpowder
[01:36.570] But then the way I'll pepper them will be a sin to chowder
[01:40.494] A sergeant's stripes I now will sport, perhaps be color bearer
[01:44.136] And then a captain, good for me, I'll be a regular terror
[01:48.058] Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't shake your knees and blink so
[01:51.970] It's no time to dodge the act, brave comrades don't you think so
[02:03.715] I'll then begin to wear the stars and then the wreathes of glory
[02:07.346] Until the army I command and poets sing my story
[02:11.267] Our congress will pass votes of thanks to him who rose from zero
[02:15.182] The people in a mass will shout, "Hurrah! Behold the Hero!"
[02:19.097] Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't shake your knees and blink so
[02:22.747] It's no time to dodge the act, brave comrades don't you think so
[02:40.652] What's that? Oh dear a boiler burst, a gas pipe has exploded
[02:44.006] Maybe the yankees are hard by with muskets ready loaded
[02:47.931] Oh gallant soldiers beat them back, I'll join you in the frolic
[02:51.846] But I've a chill from head to foot and symptoms of the colic
[03:03.639] Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't shake your knees and blink so
[03:07.282] It's no time to dodge the act, brave comrades don't you think so

歌词大意

[00:23.741] hāi ya xiōng dì men, wǒ gāng rù wǔ, gǎn jué zì jǐ bǐ kǎi sǎ hái niú
[00:27.408] tīng zhe hào jiǎo zhàn gǔ hái yǒu dí shēng hǎo xiàng kǎi xuán zhù dōu lì qǐ lái le
[00:31.044] wǒ xiǎng dǎ zhàng, dào chù fàng dà pào, wǒ yī yuè néng tiào dào mǎ ān shàng
[00:34.961] yào shì běi fāng lǎo kàn dào wǒ lái le, bù dé xià dé jīng huāng shī cuò
[00:39.154] tái tóu tǐng xiōng nǐ gè shàng hǎi tuǐ, bié gē nǎ ér diào ér láng dāng
[00:42.799] yù shàng zhàn dòu kě bù néng táo, hǎo xiōng dì nǐ men shuō shì bù
[00:54.575] wǒ shì gè zhòng tián de xiāng xià zǐ, yóu shǒu hào xián dāi tóu dāi nǎo
[00:57.940] hū rán lái le gè zhēng bīng de jūn guān bǎ wǒ lā jìn le jūn duì lǐ
[01:01.861] tā gěi le wǒ yī bǎ suì fā qiāng yòu jiào wǒ zěn me kāi huǒ
[01:05.780] wǒ zhěng tiān lái huí tà bù zǒu, āi yā, jiù xǐ huān zhè gǎn jué
[01:09.690] chī de shì zhū yóu chǎo yù mǐ, tiān tiān xiū gōng shì, zhàn gǎng, cāo liàn
[01:13.613] shòu dé gēn tuō zhī nǎi yí yàng, zǎi le wǒ dōu jǐ bù chū yóu shuǐ
[01:17.533] dàn zhè dōu shì jiā cháng biàn fàn le, wǒ hún shēn bǐ pí gé dōu cāo
[01:21.175] bù lùn fēng chuī yǔ lín hái shì rì shài zhàn gǎng dōu néng fēi cháng qīng sōng
[01:33.207] suī rán wǒ yī zhàng dōu méi dǎ guò, hái méi wén guò huǒ yào wèi r
[01:36.570] dàn wǒ kěn dìng néng bǎ dí rén yī guō duān shàng miàn hái dé sā diǎn hú jiāo
[01:40.494] huì yǒu shì guān xiù zhāng kě xiǎn bǎi, gǎo bù hǎo huán néng ràng wǒ jǔ qí
[01:44.136] dāng gè shàng wèi duì wǒ zhèng hé shì, yě suàn shì gè zhèng guī jūn la
[01:48.058] tái tóu tǐng xiōng nǐ gè shàng hǎi tuǐ, bié gē nǎ ér diào ér láng dāng
[01:51.970] yù shàng zhàn dòu kě bù néng táo, hǎo xiōng dì nǐ men shuō shì bù
[02:03.715] mǎ shàng jiān zhāng shàng jiù néng jiā xīng xīng, biān shàng huì yǒu róng yào huā huán zhè dōu shì jūn xián biāo shí
[02:07.346] zuì hòu zhǐ huī yí gè fāng miàn jūn, huì yǒu shī rén bǎ wǒ gē sòng
[02:11.267] guó huì tōng guò tí àn yào gǎn xiè wǒ, zhè cóng líng gàn qǐ de dà jiàng
[02:15.182] rén qún bǎ wǒ cù yōng bìng huān hū dào:" wàn suì! kuài kàn zán men de yīng xióng!"
[02:19.097] tái tóu tǐng xiōng nǐ gè shàng hǎi tuǐ, bié gē nǎ ér diào ér láng dāng
[02:22.747] yù shàng zhàn dòu kě bù néng táo, hǎo xiōng dì nǐ men shuō shì bù
[02:40.652] zǎ le? ó huō shì guō lú zhà le, hái shì guǎn dào gěi bào kāi le
[02:44.006] hái shì shuō yǒu běi jūn zài fù jìn lián zǐ dàn dōu zhuāng hǎo le
[02:47.931] hǎo hàn men bǎ tā men gǎn huí qù, wǒ zhè jiù lái gēn tā men shuǎ shuǎ
[02:51.846] dàn wǒ hún shēn fā lěng yòu dǔ zi téng pà shì zàn shí shàng bù liǎo le
[03:03.639] tái tóu tǐng xiōng nǐ gè shàng hǎi tuǐ, bié gē nǎ ér diào ér láng dāng
[03:07.282] yù shàng zhàn dòu kě bù néng táo, hǎo xiōng dì nǐ men shuō shì bù