《The Green Fields of America》歌词

[00:00:00] The Green Fields of America - The Chieftains (酋长乐队)

[00:00:03] Farewell to the groves of shillelagh and the shamrock

[00:00:10] Farewell to the girls of old Ireland all 'round

[00:00:18] And may their hearts be as merry as ever they could wish for

[00:00:29] As far away o'er the ocean I'm bound

[00:00:39] My father is old and my mother's right feeble

[00:00:48] To leave their own country, it would grieve their heart sore

[00:00:58] Oh, the tears down their cheeks, in great floods they are rolling

[00:01:11] To think that I must die upon some far and foreign shore

[00:01:21] But what matter to me, where my bones they may lie buried

[00:01:30] If in peace and contentment I can spend my life

[00:01:39] The green fields of Amerikay, they daily are calling

[00:01:52] It's there I'll find an end to my misery and strife

[00:02:02] So pack up your sea stores now, consider it no longer

[00:02:10] Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay

[00:02:20] With no taxes or tithe there to devour up your wages

[00:02:33] Across on the green fields of Amerikay

[00:02:44] The lint dams are gone and the looms are lying idle

[00:02:55] Gone are the winders of baskets and creels

[00:03:03] And away o'er the ocean, go journeyman cowboys

[00:03:13] And fiddlers who play out the old mountain reels

[00:03:23] Ah, but I mind the time when old Ireland was flourishing

[00:03:33] And most of her tradesmen did work for good pay

[00:03:44] Ah, but since our manufacturers have crossed the Atlantic

[00:03:57] Well, it's now that I must follow onto Amerikay

[00:04:08] And now to conclude and to finish my ditty

[00:04:18] If e'er a friendless Irishman should happen my way

[00:04:27] With the best in the house, I will greet him and welcome him

[00:04:38] At home on the green fields of Amerikay

[00:04:48] So pack up your sea stores now, consider it no longer

[00:04:59] Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay

[00:05:09] With no taxes or tithe there to devour up your wages

[00:05:24] Across on the green fields of Amerikay