《The Stag》歌词

[00:00:00] The Stag (牡鹿) - Angelo Branduardi

[00:00:26] "Tell us our good master

[00:00:28] Why you sit there so quietly

[00:00:32] And where are the trophies

[00:00:35] You usually bring home

[00:00:38] Like the heads of the Bengal tiger

[00:00:41] That decorate your great hall

[00:00:44] And the skins of lion and zebra

[00:00:47] That you've laid wall to wall "

[00:00:51] "My friends

[00:00:52] In the foothills before the rainy season

[00:00:57] I went out hunting one day all by myself

[00:01:03] Keeping the wind in my face I crept up

[00:01:07] To where a herd of deer were grazing

[00:01:11] When suddenly before me

[00:01:14] Stood a great horned king of stags

[00:01:17] And it's the truth I tell you believe me

[00:01:22] As the lord above's my witness

[00:01:25] The great beast did not quaver

[00:01:28] But softly began to speak "

[00:01:36] "It's written in the stars lord

[00:01:39] Upon this day I die

[00:01:42] So these my gifts I offer

[00:01:46] To you this Eastertide:

[00:01:49] These majestic antlers for you

[00:01:53] To hang your bows on

[00:01:55] And these my ears as fine cups

[00:01:58] For you to toast your ladies

[00:02:01] Take both my bright eyes

[00:02:04] For a pair of shining mirrors

[00:02:08] And all these bristles

[00:02:11] For brushes to shave your face

[00:02:14] I pray that you eat my flesh for ten days

[00:02:18] And from my hide you make a warm coat

[00:02:22] And as for your strength and courage

[00:02:25] My liver will serve you well

[00:02:28] Thus in the stars it's written my good sir

[00:02:33] That the body of this your servant

[00:02:36] Seven times will be fruitful

[00:02:39] And seven times be reborn "

[00:02:47] "Tell us our good master

[00:02:50] Why you sit there so quietly

[00:02:53] And where are all the trophies

[00:02:56] You usually bring home "

[00:03:00] You usually bring home "