《Reap and Mow the Hay》歌词

[00:00:00] Reap And Mow The Hay - Donal Lunny

[00:00:00] I just come o'er from Erin's shore

[00:00:03] To see how trade was going here

[00:00:08] Like many a rambling Irishman

[00:00:11] I was forced to leave my home

[00:00:16] I left my sweet Dungannon boys

[00:00:21] Where I spent my youthful days

[00:00:25] Where I whistled fought and wrestled

[00:00:29] In the County of Tyrone

[00:00:35] The landlord and the times was bad;

[00:00:38] To reap the harvest off I went

[00:00:43] When I saw my birthplace levelled;

[00:00:46] I could no longer stay

[00:00:51] Then with my switch and reaping hook

[00:00:55] I gave the sod a farewell look

[00:01:00] And I run o'er to Scotland far

[00:01:05] To reap and mow the hay

[00:01:11] I scarcely landed in this place

[00:01:14] When I got employment then and there

[00:01:19] To reap a field of barley

[00:01:22] With about a dozen more

[00:01:25] There were men from Leeds and Lancashire

[00:01:30] From Birmingham and London too

[00:01:35] But my heart began to sicken when

[00:01:40] I thought on days gone by

[00:01:45] Now breakfast time came around at last

[00:01:49] And every man threw down his hook

[00:01:54] And went up to the barn for

[00:01:56] To have his morning meal

[00:02:01] Well I had no money; I had no grub

[00:02:05] And to get them both from a job

[00:02:10] But I thought it better to work and fast

[00:02:15] Than to rob and go to jail

[00:02:21] This thought had scarcely crossed my brow

[00:02:25] When the farmer shouted “Pat ” aloud

[00:02:31] “Come on up man and eat your fill

[00:02:33] I know you're far from home

[00:02:37] Far from your own little Shamrock shore

[00:02:43] Come eat and drink and say no more

[00:02:47] And stay with me for a week or two

[00:02:51] When I'm putting in the hay ”

[00:02:58] His only housemaid was a niece

[00:03:01] A young Scots lass about sixteen

[00:03:06] She was comely tall and handsome

[00:03:09] And her eyes shone like the stars

[00:03:14] Her father was a soldier bold

[00:03:19] As ever did a rifle hold

[00:03:23] But he lost his heart's blood fighting

[00:03:27] In the 1914 War

[00:03:34] So now as they say in Ireland

[00:03:38] We'll gather up and have a dance

[00:03:43] I'll tell her pleasant stories of

[00:03:45] The green isle far away

[00:03:50] We asked and got the old boy's consent

[00:03:54] And to the clergy straight we went

[00:03:59] When the sun was shining boys

[00:04:04] Sure we were drinking tea

[00:04:11] So it's now I'll go back to Ireland

[00:04:15] I'd like to see the old place again

[00:04:20] We'll sit and sing the praises of

[00:04:24] The green isle far away

[00:04:29] I'll bring my Scots lass home with me

[00:04:34] I'll dandle her youngster on my knee

[00:04:39] And once a year will Scotland see

[00:04:44] When we go to make the hay