《Ballad For Americans》歌词

歌曲： Ballad For Americans

所属专辑：Ballad For Americans

歌手： Paul Robeson

时长： 10:01

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Ballad For Americans - Paul Robeson (罗伯逊)[00:00:00]

In seventy-six the sky was red[00:00:19]

Thunder rumbling overhead[00:00:24]

Bad King George couldn't sleep in his bed[00:00:28]

And on that stormy morn Ol' Uncle Sam was born [00:00:32]

Some birthday [00:00:40]

Ol' Sam put on a three cornered hat[00:00:45]

And in a Richmond church he sat[00:00:48]

And Patrick Henry told him that while[00:00:53]

America drew breath[00:00:57]

It was "Liberty or death "[00:01:01]

What kind of hat is a three-cornered hat [00:01:07]

Did they all believe in liberty in those days [00:01:13]

Nobody who was anybody believed it [00:01:16]

Ev'rybody who was anybody they doubted it [00:01:21]

Nobody had faith [00:01:26]

Nobody Nobody but Washington Tom Paine [00:01:28]

Benjamin Franklin [00:01:34]

Chaim Solomon Crispus Attucks [00:01:36]

Lafayette Nobodies [00:01:39]

The nobodies ran a trea party at Boston [00:01:43]

Betsy Ross[00:01:46]

Organized a sewing circle [00:01:47]

Paul Revere had a horse race [00:01:49]

And a little ragged group believed it [00:01:51]

And some gentlemen and ladies believed it [00:01:56]

And some wise men and some fools [00:02:01]

And I believed it too [00:02:03]

And you know who I am [00:02:06]

No Who are you mister Yeah how come all this [00:02:11]

Well I'll tell you[00:02:15]

No let us tell you [00:02:17]

Mister Tom Jefferson a mighty fine man [00:02:20]

He wrote it down in a mighty fine plan [00:02:24]

And the rest all signed it with a mighty fine hand[00:02:29]

As they crossed thier T's and dotted their I's[00:02:32]

A bran' new country did arise [00:02:37]

And a mighty fine idea [00:02:46]

"Adopted unanimously in Congress July 4 1776 [00:02:48]

We hold these truths to be self-evident [00:02:53]

That all men are created equal [00:02:58]

That they are endowed by their[00:03:02]

Creator with certain inalienable rights [00:03:05]

That among these rights are Life [00:03:10]

Yes sir Liberty That's right [00:03:13]

And the pursuit of happiness [00:03:16]

Is that what they said The very words [00:03:20]

That does sound mighty fine [00:03:23]

Building a nation is awful tough [00:03:27]

The people found the going rough [00:03:31]

Some lived in cities some worked the land [00:03:35]

And united they did stand [00:03:39]

To make our country grand [00:03:43]

Still nobody who was anybody believed it [00:03:49]

Everybody who anybody they stayed at home [00:03:54]

But Lewis and Clarke and the pioneers [00:03:59]

Driven by hunger haunted by fears [00:04:03]

The Klondike miners and the forty niners [00:04:05]

Some wanted freedom and some wanted riches [00:04:08]

Some liked to loaf while others dug ditches [00:04:11]

But they believed it And I believed it too [00:04:16]

And you know who I am [00:04:20]

No who are you anyway Mister [00:04:27]

Well I started to tell you [00:04:29]

Let my people go That's the idea [00:04:46]

Old Abe Lincoln was thin and long [00:04:52]

His heart was high and his faith was strong [00:04:56]

But he hated oppression he hated wrong [00:05:01]

And he went down to his grave to free the slave [00:05:05]

A man in white skin can never be free[00:05:15]

While his black brother is in[00:05:19]

Slavery [00:05:22]

"And we here highly resolve that[00:05:23]

These dead shall not have died in vain [00:05:26]

And this government of the people [00:05:30]

By the people and for the people[00:05:33]

Shall not perish from the Earth "[00:05:37]

Abraham Lincoln said that on November 19 [00:05:41]

1863 at Gettysburg Pennsylvania [00:05:43]

And he was right I believe that too [00:05:45]

Say we still don't know who you are mister [00:05:48]

Well I started to tell you[00:05:51]

The machine age came with a great big roar [00:05:56]

As America grew in peace and war [00:05:59]

And a million wheels went around and 'round [00:06:04]

The cities reached into the sky [00:06:08]

And dug down deep into the ground [00:06:10]

And some got rich and some got poor [00:06:14]

But the people carried through [00:06:17]

So our country grew [00:06:21]

Still nobody who was anybody believed it [00:06:30]

Everybody who was anybody they doubted it [00:06:37]

And they are doubting still [00:06:42]

And I guess they always will [00:06:45]

But who cares what they say whem I am on my way[00:06:47]

Say will you please tell us who you are [00:06:57]

What's your name Buddy Where you goin' [00:06:59]

Who are you [00:07:02]

Well I'm the everybody who's nobody [00:07:04]

I'm the nobody who's everybody [00:07:08]

What's your racket What do you do for a living [00:07:11]

Well I'm an[00:07:14]

Engineer musician street cleaner carpenter [00:07:16]

Teacher [00:07:20]

How about a farmer Also Office clerk Yes sir [00:07:21]

That's right (Homemaker ) Certainly [00:07:26]

Factory worker You said it (Mail carrier )[00:07:29]

Yes ma'am [00:07:31]

(Hospital worker ) Absotively (Social worker )[00:07:31]

Posolutely [00:07:34]

Truck driver Definitely [00:07:35]

Miner seamstress ditchdigger all of them [00:07:37]

I am the "etceteras" and the "and so forths"[00:07:40]

That do the work [00:07:45]

Now hold on here what are you trying to give us [00:07:46]

Are you an American [00:07:49]

Am I an American [00:07:50]

I'm just an Irish (African) Jewish Italian [00:07:52]

French and English Spanish Russian Chinese [00:07:57]

Polish [00:08:00]

Scotch Hungarian (Jamaican) Swedish Finnish [00:08:00]

(Dominican) Greek and[00:08:02]

Turk and Czech[00:08:03]

And (Native American) [00:08:04]

And that ain't all [00:08:07]

I was baptized Baptist Methodist [00:08:09]

Congregationalist Luthern [00:08:11]

Atheist Roman Catholic (Moslem) Jewish [00:08:12]

Presbyterian Seventh Day[00:08:14]

Adventist [00:08:16]

Mormon Quaker Christian Scientist and lots more [00:08:17]

You sure are something [00:08:21]

Our country's strong our country's young [00:08:27]

And her greatest songs are still unsung [00:08:31]

From her plains and mountains we have sprung [00:08:36]

To keep the faith with those who went before [00:08:40]

We nobodies who are anybody belive it [00:08:47]

We anybodies who are everybody have no doubts [00:08:53]

Out of the cheating out of the shouting [00:08:58]

It will come again [00:09:16]

Strong as the people who made it [00:09:28]

For I have always believed it [00:09:32]

And I believe it now [00:09:36]

And now you know who I am [00:09:41]

Who are you [00:09:47]

America America[00:09:48]