《Mister Charlie》歌词

[00:00:00] Mister Charlie - Lightnin' Hopkins (莱克林·霍普金斯)

[00:00:02] Once in the country there was a little boy;

[00:00:03] Every morning that he would go to the table with his little two sisters and brothers,

[00:00:06] You know,

[00:00:12] He would go there,

[00:00:19] He couldn't talk but his mother didn't know what was wrong with him so... she would go to the table in the morning,

[00:00:24] She would fix for breakfast,

[00:00:25] She'd fix toast and coffee,

[00:00:26] Enough, coffee for the tin,

[00:00:28] Toast for the eggs for the church,

[00:00:32] Then she would ask and say, "what you want this morning?"

[00:00:36] Oh mama, toast and milk,

[00:00:37] You know things like that you know.

[00:00:39] But the little old boy he couldn't talk good,

[00:00:43] So she asked him say "what you want son"?

[00:00:45] Said "sa-sa-a I want-t t-t-t-" She said "Hush".

[00:00:46] Say "I tell you what to do.

[00:00:48] You just hush, I just go bring you what I bring the rest of 'em,

[00:00:51] Cause one of these days I'm gonna learn you how to talk."

[00:00:54] She goin' back and she fixes,

[00:00:55] The next morning same thing.

[00:00:56] "So what would you children want this morning?"

[00:00:58] "Butter 'n toast mama." Get around to the little old boy,

[00:01:03] Say "What you want"? He say, "bu-bu-bu- bu-bu-bu..."

[00:01:10] She say "Lord, have mercy,

[00:01:13] " that's what mama said and she walked away,

[00:01:15] Say "wonder what's wrong with my child?"

[00:01:17] He heard her.

[00:01:17] But you know the little boy couldn't do no better.

[00:01:19] So after he'd find out that mama couldn't understand him,

[00:01:22] And he couldn't understand the way his mama was doin' him,

[00:01:25] He packed up his little flower sack, and he decide that he would leave.

[00:01:30] So when he left, on his way,

[00:01:31] He run up on a old rollin' mill,

[00:01:34] What they call Mister Charlie's.

[00:01:35] So he walked up to mister Charlie,

[00:01:39] Mister Charlie was workin' round in his rose bushes 'n things... so he taps him: "mi-mi-mi..." say "Mister!" But he didn't know his name that time.

[00:01:51] The man straightened up and said "my name is mister Charlie".

[00:01:53] He say "mi-mi-ch-ch-ch-ch-" He said "but boy I ain't got to fool with you, you can't work."

[00:01:56] He said, "me-me can work!"

[00:01:57] So the man went on workin' and he'd tap him again.

[00:02:00] He said "me-me-me wanna home". He said "look,

[00:02:02] Boy, I've got a old bunk house out in the back,

[00:02:05] " said "and if you promise me that you will stay in this bunk house,

[00:02:07] And watch my mill, and keep the fire from burning my mill down,

[00:02:10] " say "I live two blocks up the road,

[00:02:12] " say "and if you see the mill's on fire,

[00:02:14] Say you run up and tell me the mill's on fire,

[00:02:17] You got a home and meal as long as I've got it."

[00:02:20] "Ta-ta-ta-ta-thank you mister Charlie.

[00:02:21] " So the little old boy went to bunkin' that night.

[00:02:25] Sho' enough, late one Sunday morning,

[00:02:28] Mister Charlie's mill caught on fire.

[00:02:29] Which he'd forgot about what he had told the little boy.

[00:02:34] The little boy run up to him,

[00:02:37] He was cleaning out his front yard,

[00:02:41] Makin' it beautiful with them rose bushes,

[00:02:44] You know with them red rose bushes you know how to keep 'em red those rose bushes,

[00:02:50] And the little boy run up there,

[00:02:52] Tapped him on his back,

[00:02:54] And he raised up and said "Hey son, why here's you again."

[00:02:58] "Ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye" and he was pointing back toward the mill,

[00:03:01] Tryin' to tell him his rollin' mill was on fire.

[00:03:04] So mister Charlie said, "I ain't got time to fool with you.

[00:03:07] " So the little boy stuttered too bad for him to understand.

[00:03:11] So mister Charlie stooped over him again,

[00:03:13] He pat him on the back, said "ye-ye-ye-ye-your ro-ro-"

[00:03:16] He said "Wait a minute." He said,

[00:03:18] "if you can't talk you must sing", and he hollered:

[00:03:21] (sung)

[00:03:24] Whooooooa mister Charlie,

[00:03:56] Do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?

[00:04:06] Mister Charlie,

[00:04:06] Do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?

[00:04:18] Mister Charlie said if you ain't got no water boy,

[00:04:22] Just let that old mill burn on down

[00:04:33] Little boy was lonesome, he walked off and cried, he said,,,

[00:04:39] He walked back and he said it one more time

[00:04:49] Whooooooooa mister Charlie, I won't have no place to stay

[00:04:54] Mister Charlie, I won't have no place to stay

[00:04:59] Mister Charlie said Boy, you'll have a home with me,

[00:05:07] Just as long as there is a day

[00:05:15] Little boy sighed and he tell it one more time

[00:05:18] He hollered at him:

[00:05:20] Whooooooa mister Charlie,

[00:05:21] Do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?

[00:05:23] Mister Charlie,

[00:05:25] Do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?

[00:05:29] Mister Charlie said,

[00:05:30] "If you ain't got no water boy, just let that old mill burn on down"