《A Piece of Ground》歌词

[00:00:00] A Piece of Ground - Miriam Makeba (米瑞安·马卡贝)

[00:00:08] When the white man

[00:00:09] First came here from over the seas

[00:00:13] He looked and he said

[00:00:15] This is God's own country

[00:00:19] He was mighty well pleased

[00:00:21] With this land that he'd found

[00:00:24] And he said I will make here

[00:00:26] My own piece of ground

[00:00:32] Now many's the battle

[00:00:33] He still had to fight

[00:00:36] And the many's the family

[00:00:38] Who died in the night

[00:00:41] 'Cause many is the black men

[00:00:44] Who lived all around

[00:00:47] All of them wanting

[00:00:49] Their own piece of ground

[00:00:57] Then one fine day in 1883

[00:01:02] Gold was discovered in good quantity

[00:01:07] Now the country was rich

[00:01:08] And was richer than planned

[00:01:12] And each digger wanted

[00:01:14] His own piece of land

[00:01:20] White diggers were few

[00:01:22] And the gold was so deep

[00:01:26] Black man was called

[00:01:27] 'Cause his labor was cheap

[00:01:31] With drill and with shovel

[00:01:33] He toiled underground

[00:01:37] Six pennies a day to tender the ground

[00:01:45] Now this land is so rich

[00:01:47] And it seems strange to me

[00:01:50] That the black man whose labor

[00:01:52] Has helped it to be

[00:01:55] Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound

[00:02:00] Is uprooted and kicked

[00:02:02] From his own piece of land

[00:02:08] When some people say

[00:02:10] Now don't you worry

[00:02:14] We'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory

[00:02:19] But I give my life that time million can be found

[00:02:24] On a miserable thirty percent of the ground

[00:02:32] Yet some people say

[00:02:34] Now don't you worry

[00:02:38] You can always find jobs

[00:02:40] In the white man's city

[00:02:43] But don't stay too long

[00:02:44] And don't stay too deep

[00:02:48] Or you're bound to disturb

[00:02:50] The white man in his sleep

[00:02:57] White man don't sleep long

[00:03:00] And don't sleep too deep

[00:03:04] Or your life and possessions

[00:03:07] How long will you keep

[00:03:11] 'Cause I've heard a rumor

[00:03:14] That's running around

[00:03:17] For the black man's demanding

[00:03:21] His own piece of ground

[00:03:25] His own piece of ground

[00:03:28] His own piece of ground

[00:03:31] His own piece of ground