《Three Brothers》歌词

[00:00:00] Three Brothers - Joyce Grenfell

[00:00:04] I had three Brothers,

[00:00:07] Harold and Robert and James,

[00:00:10] All of them tall and handsome,

[00:00:13] All of them good at games.

[00:00:16] And I was allowed to field for them,

[00:00:18] To bowl to them, to score:

[00:00:21] I was allowed to slave for them

[00:00:23] For ever and evermore.

[00:00:26] Oh, I was allowed to fetch and carry

[00:00:30] For my Three Brothers,

[00:00:34] Jim and Bob and Harry.

[00:00:41] All of my brothers,

[00:00:44] Harry and Jim and Bob,

[00:00:47] Grew to be good and clever,

[00:00:50] Each of them at his job.

[00:00:53] And I was allowed to wait on them,

[00:00:56] To be their slave complete.

[00:00:58] I was allowed to work for them,

[00:01:00] And life for me was sweet,

[00:01:04] For I was allowed to fetch and carry

[00:01:08] For my Three Brothers,

[00:01:12] Jim and Bob and Harry.

[00:01:19] Jim went out to South Africa,

[00:01:21] Bob went out to Ceylon.

[00:01:24] Harry went out to New Zealand

[00:01:27] And settled in Wellington.

[00:01:29] And the grass grew high on the cricket pitch,

[00:01:33] And the tennis court went to hay,

[00:01:37] And the place was too big and too silent

[00:01:41] After they went away.

[00:01:44] So I turned it into a Guest House

[00:01:48] After our parents died,

[00:01:51] And I wrote to the boys every Sunday,

[00:01:54] And once a year they replied.

[00:01:57] All of them married eventually,

[00:02:00] I wrote to their wives, of course,

[00:02:04] Their wives wrote back on postcards

[00:02:09] Well it might to been very much worse.

[00:02:12] And now I have nine nieces,

[00:02:16] Most of them home at school.

[00:02:19] I have them all to stay here

[00:02:23] For the holidays as a rule.

[00:02:26] And I am allowed to week a them,

[00:02:28] To do odd jobs galore.

[00:02:30] I am allowed to slave for them,

[00:02:33] And life is sweet once more,

[00:02:37] For I am allowed to fetch and carry

[00:02:41] For the children of Jim and Bob and Harry.