《Authur McBride》歌词

[00:00:00] Authur McBride - Galway City Ramblers

[00:00:03] Me and my cousin one Arthur McBride

[00:00:06] As we went a walking down by the seaside

[00:00:11] Now mark what followed and what did betide

[00:00:15] For it being on Christmas morning

[00:00:19] Out for recreation we went on a tramp

[00:00:23] And we met sergeant napper and corporal vamp

[00:00:28] And a little wee drummer intending to camp

[00:00:32] For the day being pleasant and charming

[00:00:37] Good morning good morning the sergeant did cry

[00:00:41] And the same to you gentlemen we did reply

[00:00:45] Intending no harm but meant to pass by

[00:00:50] For it being on Christmas morning

[00:00:54] But says he my fine fellows if you will enlist

[00:00:58] It's ten guineas in gold I will slip in your fist

[00:01:02] And a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust

[00:01:06] And drink the king's health in the morning

[00:01:12] For a soldier he leads a very fine life

[00:01:16] And he always is blessed with a charming young wife

[00:01:20] And he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife

[00:01:24] And always lives pleasant and charming

[00:01:28] And a soldier he always is decent and clean

[00:01:33] In the finest of clothing he's constantly seen

[00:01:37] While other poor fellows go dirty and mean

[00:01:41] And sup on thin gruel in the morning

[00:01:46] But says arthur I wouldn't be proud of your clothes

[00:01:50] For you've only the lend of them as I suppose

[00:01:54] And you dare not change them one night for you know

[00:01:58] If you do you'll be flogged in the morning

[00:02:03] And although that we are single and free

[00:02:07] We take great delight in our own company

[00:02:11] And we have no desire strange faces to see

[00:02:16] Although that your offers are charming

[00:02:21] And we have no desire to take your advance

[00:02:25] All hazards and dangers we barter on chance

[00:02:29] For you would have no scruples for to send us to France

[00:02:33] Where we would get shot without warning

[00:02:37] Oh now says the sergeant I'll have no such chat

[00:02:41] And I neither will take it from spalpeen or brat

[00:02:46] For if you insult me with one other word

[00:02:50] I'll cut off your heads in the morning

[00:02:55] And then arthur and I we soon drew our hods

[00:02:59] And we gave them no time for to draw their own blades

[00:03:04] When a trusty shillelagh came over their heads

[00:03:08] And bade them take that as fair warning

[00:03:12] And their old rusty rapiers that hung by their side

[00:03:16] We flung them as far as we could in the tide

[00:03:20] Now take them out divils cried Arthur Mcbride

[00:03:25] And temper their edge in the morning

[00:03:30] And the little wee drummer we flattened his pow

[00:03:34] And we made a football of his rowdeydowdow

[00:03:38] Threw it in the tide for to rock and to row

[00:03:42] And bade it a tedious returning

[00:03:46] And we having no money paid them off in cracks

[00:03:51] And we paid no respect to their two b***** backs

[00:03:55] For we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks

[00:03:59] And left them for dead in the morning

[00:04:04] Me and my cousin one Arthur Mcbride

[00:04:08] As we went a walkin' down by the seaside

[00:04:13] Now mark what followed and what did betide

[00:04:17] For it being on Christmas morning

[00:04:21] And so to conclude and to finish disputes

[00:04:25] We obligingly asked if they wanted recruits

[00:04:30] For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts

[00:04:34] And bid them look sharp in the morning