[00:00.000] 作词 : Anaïs Mitchell
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Anaïs Mitchell
[00:33.70]Said the shepherd to his wife:
[00:37.75]”The crop of hay is cut and dried“
[00:41.54]I’ll bale it up and bring it in
[00:46.33]Before the coming storm begins
[00:50.66]”Go", she said, "And beat the storm“
[00:54.54]And then there is another chore
[00:58.79]Today the baby will be born
[01:03.37]You'll take me to the hospital"
[01:07.79]Said the shepherd, "If it's true
[01:11.45]’Twere better if I stayed with you
[01:15.62]I’d rather let the harvest go
[01:20.20]And hasten to the hospital"
[01:24.83]”Nay", she told him, "I'll be fine“
[01:28.79]We both have laboring to do
[01:33.04]You do yours and I'll do mine
[01:37.29]And the babe will wait till the work is through"
[01:59.54]The shepherd rode the yellow rows
[02:03.62]The clouds above and the fields below
[02:07.45]Until the bales had all been tied
[02:12.25]Then homeward turned to find his wife
[02:16.55]The sweat was wet upon her brow
[02:20.37]Her breath it cameth laboredly
[02:24.37]And then the rain was coming down
[02:29.21]Upon the fields of yellow hay
[02:33.62]Said the shepherd, "It's no use
[02:37.50]The rain will surely win the race
[02:41.55]’Twere better if we let it fall
[02:46.25]And hurry to the hospital"
[02:50.80]”Go", she said, "And work with haste“
[02:54.50]And bring the bales into the barn
[02:58.92]Else the crop will go to waste
[03:03.21]And the babe will wait till the work is done"
[03:42.59]The shepherd drove into the storm
[03:46.37]And to and from the yellow barn
[03:50.30]Till half the bales were safely in
[03:55.21]Then went to find his wife again
[03:59.37]How many times her name he called
[04:03.38]And no replying would she make
[04:07.50]Her breath it cameth not at all
[04:12.38]She would not rise from where she lay
[04:50.80]The storm was o'er within the hour
[04:54.75]The shepherd saw the sun come out
[04:58.84]The shepherd's wife saw ne'er again
[05:03.37]He buried her and the babe within
[05:07.46]He turned the seed into the ground
[05:11.55]He brought the flock to feed thereon
[05:15.59]He held the cleaver and the plow
[05:20.25]And the shepherd's work was never done