《Sir William Gower (BBC Session - Folk On One 27/3/71)》歌词

[00:00:00] Sir William Gower (BBC Session - Folk On One 27/3/71) - Fairport Convention (公平港口大会)

[00:00:26] I am a sailor both stout and strong

[00:00:33] To a goodly vessel I do belong

[00:00:40] Well carved and anchored and well equipped

[00:00:47] Sir William Gower's was a very fine ship

[00:00:54] Our captain in his cabin lay

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

[00:01:08] "This night with me in the deep you'll be

[00:01:15] So prepare yourself and your company"

[00:01:22] The sky grew dark and the sea grew still

[00:01:29] Bold men were fearful and the air was chill

[00:01:36] Sir William rose to meet his men

[00:01:43] Saying "Hear me now for I'll not speak again"

[00:01:50] "I loved my mother when she was alive

[00:01:56] And to my sister I gave babies five

[00:02:04] I killed my wife and her children three

[00:02:11] So I now must face what's come for me"

[00:03:13] "You'll lash a timber onto my side

[00:03:19] And throw me out on the water wide

[00:03:27] And if I swim then let me be

[00:03:34] But if I sink then pray for me"

[00:03:41] So we tied his head and we tied his feet

[00:03:48] And around his middle a winding sheet

[00:03:55] At every knot the sea did stir

[00:04:02] Grew ready for the murderer

[00:04:09] And then we saw his open grave

[00:04:16] In the likeness of a single wave

[00:04:23] That swept our ship from her stern to her bow

[00:04:30] And bore away Sir William Gower