《The Work Song》歌词

[00:00:00] Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The Work Song

[00:00:20] Back before the blues were blue

[00:00:23] When the good ol' songs were new

[00:00:28] Songs that may no longer please us

[00:00:31] 'Bout the darkies about Jesus

[00:00:35] Mississippi minstrels color of molasses

[00:00:40] Strummed their banjos to entertain their massas

[00:00:43] Some said garbage others cried art

[00:00:47] You couldn't call it soul you had to call it heart

[00:00:54] Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds

[00:00:58] The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds

[00:01:01] Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup

[00:01:05] You worked so hard that you died standing up

[00:01:12] When I was a little thing

[00:01:15] Papa tried to make me sing

[00:01:20] Home Sweet Home and Aura Lee

[00:01:23] These were songs that my daddy tought me

[00:01:27] Camptown Races and Susannah Don't You Cry

[00:01:31] Gentle Annie still brings a tear to my eye

[00:01:35] Label it garbage label it art

[00:01:38] You couldn't call it soul you had to call it heart

[00:01:45] Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds

[00:01:49] The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds

[00:01:53] Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup

[00:01:56] You worked so hard that you died standing up

[00:02:03] Sing me songs of days gone by

[00:02:07] Watch me laugh watch me cry

[00:02:11] Break my female heart in two

[00:02:14] Sing me songs that say "I love you"

[00:02:18] Lower your eyes raise your hand to your breast

[00:02:22] Sing me one about the sun setting in the west

[00:02:38] Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds

[00:02:42] The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds

[00:02:45] Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup

[00:02:48] You worked so hard that you died standing up

[00:02:59] Wood's in the stove water's in the cup

[00:03:03] You worked so hard that you died standing up