《Housewife’s Lament》歌词

[00:00:00] Housewife's Lament - Audio Idols (音频偶像)

[00:00:08] One day I was walking I heard a complaining

[00:00:12] And saw an old woman the picture of gloom

[00:00:16] She gazed at the mud on her doorstep ('twas raining)

[00:00:19] And this was her song as she wielded her broom

[00:00:25] Life is a trial and love is a trouble

[00:00:29] Beauty will fade and riches will flee

[00:00:33] Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double

[00:00:36] And nothing is as I would wish it to be

[00:00:41] It's sweeping at six and it's dusting at seven

[00:00:45] It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at nine

[00:00:49] It's potting and panning form ten to eleven

[00:00:53] We scarce break our fast till we plan how to dine

[00:00:57] With grease and with grime from corner to center

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

[00:01:04] No rest for a day lest the enemy enter

[00:01:08] I spend my whole life in struggle with dirt

[00:01:13] Life is a trial and love is a trouble

[00:01:17] Beauty will fade and riches will flee

[00:01:21] Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double

[00:01:25] And nothing is as I would wish it to be

[00:01:46] Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever

[00:01:50] On a far little rock in the midst of the sea

[00:01:55] My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor

[00:01:59] To sweep off the waves as they swept over me

[00:02:03] Alas Twas no dream; ahead I behold it

[00:02:07] I see I am helpless my fate to avert

[00:02:11] She lay down her broom her apron she folded

[00:02:15] She lay down and died and was buried in dirt

[00:02:21] Life is a trial and love is a trouble

[00:02:24] Beauty will fade and riches will flee

[00:02:29] Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double

[00:02:33] And nothing is as I would wish it to be