《Housewife’s Lament》歌词

[00:00:00] Housewife's Lament - The Hit Co. (热歌公司)

[00:00:10] One day I was walking, I heard a complaining

[00:00:14] And saw an old woman the picture of gloom

[00:00:18] She gazed at the mud on her doorstep ('twas raining)

[00:00:21] And this was her song as she wielded her broom

[00:00:27] Life is a trial and love is a trouble

[00:00:31] Beauty will fade and riches will flee

[00:00:35] Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double

[00:00:38] And nothing is as I would wish it to be

[00:00:43] It's sweeping at six and it's dusting at seven

[00:00:47] It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at nine

[00:00:51] It's potting and panning form ten to eleven

[00:00:55] We scarce break our fast till we plan how to dine

[00:00:59] With grease and with grime from corner to center

[00:01:03] Forever at war and forever alert

[00:01:06] No rest for a day lest the enemy enter

[00:01:10] I spend my whole life in struggle with dirt

[00:01:15] Life is a trial and love is a trouble

[00:01:19] Beauty will fade and riches will flee

[00:01:23] Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double

[00:01:26] And nothing is as I would wish it to be.

[00:01:48] Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever

[00:01:52] On a far little rock in the midst of the sea

[00:01:56] My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor

[00:02:00] To sweep off the waves as they swept over me

[00:02:04] Alas! Twas no dream; ahead I behold it

[00:02:08] I see I am helpless my fate to avert

[00:02:13] She lay down her broom, her apron she folded

[00:02:17] She lay down and died and was buried in dirt.

[00:02:22] Life is a trial and love is a trouble

[00:02:26] Beauty will fade and riches will flee

[00:02:30] Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double

[00:02:34] And nothing is as I would wish it to be.