《Housewife’s Lament》歌词

歌曲： Housewife’s Lament

所属专辑：Sensational Standards: Jazz and Vocal Classics， Vol. 4

歌手： The Hit Co.

时长： 02:51

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Housewife's Lament - The Hit Co. (热歌公司)[00:00:00]

One day I was walking, I heard a complaining[00:00:10]

And saw an old woman the picture of gloom[00:00:14]

She gazed at the mud on her doorstep ('twas raining)[00:00:18]

And this was her song as she wielded her broom[00:00:21]

Life is a trial and love is a trouble[00:00:27]

Beauty will fade and riches will flee[00:00:31]

Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double[00:00:35]

And nothing is as I would wish it to be[00:00:38]

It's sweeping at six and it's dusting at seven[00:00:43]

It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at nine[00:00:47]

It's potting and panning form ten to eleven[00:00:51]

We scarce break our fast till we plan how to dine[00:00:55]

With grease and with grime from corner to center[00:00:59]

Forever at war and forever alert[00:01:03]

No rest for a day lest the enemy enter[00:01:06]

I spend my whole life in struggle with dirt[00:01:10]

Life is a trial and love is a trouble[00:01:15]

Beauty will fade and riches will flee[00:01:19]

Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double[00:01:23]

And nothing is as I would wish it to be.[00:01:26]

Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever[00:01:48]

On a far little rock in the midst of the sea[00:01:52]

My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor[00:01:56]

To sweep off the waves as they swept over me[00:02:00]

Alas! Twas no dream; ahead I behold it[00:02:04]

I see I am helpless my fate to avert[00:02:08]

She lay down her broom, her apron she folded[00:02:13]

She lay down and died and was buried in dirt.[00:02:17]

Life is a trial and love is a trouble[00:02:22]

Beauty will fade and riches will flee[00:02:26]

Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double[00:02:30]

And nothing is as I would wish it to be.[00:02:34]