《Sir William Gower》歌词

[00:00:00] Sir William Gower - Fairport Convention (公平港口大会)

[00:00:30] I am a sailor both stout and strong

[00:00:37] To a goodly vessel I do belong

[00:00:45] Well guard and anchored and well equipped

[00:00:52] Sir William Gower and a very fine ship

[00:00:59] Our captain in his cabin lay

[00:01:06] When a dreadful voice to him did say

[00:01:13] "This night with me in the deep you'll be

[00:01:20] So prepare yourself and your company"

[00:01:28] The sky grew dark and the sea grew still

[00:01:35] Though the men were fearful and the air was chill

[00:01:42] Sir William rose to meet his men

[00:01:49] Saying "Hear me now for I'll not speak again"

[00:01:57] "I loved my mother when she was alive

[00:02:04] And to my sister I gave babies five

[00:02:11] I killed my wife and her children three

[00:02:19] So I now must face what has come for me"

[00:03:23] "You'll lash a timber close to my side

[00:03:30] And throw me out on the water wide

[00:03:37] And if I swim then let me be

[00:03:45] But if I sink them pray for me"

[00:03:52] So we tied his head and we tied his feet

[00:03:59] And around his middle a winding sheet

[00:04:07] At every knot the sea did stir

[00:04:14] Grew ready for the murderer

[00:04:21] And then we saw his open grave

[00:04:28] The likeness of a single wave

[00:04:35] That swept our ship from her stern to her bow

[00:04:42] And bore away Sir William Gower