《Ballad for Americans》歌词

歌曲： Ballad for Americans

所属专辑：Roots Collection， Vol. 10 - Negro Spirituals (And More)

歌手： Paul Robeson

时长： 10:12

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

Composer：Robinson/Latouche[00:00:10]

In seventy six the sky was red[00:00:20]

Thunder rumbling overhead[00:00:24]

Bad King George couldn't sleep in his bed[00:00:29]

And on that stormy morn[00:00:33]

Ol' Uncle Sam was born[00:00:37]

Some birthday[00:00:41]

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

And in a Richmond church he sat[00:00:49]

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

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

What kind of hat is a three cornered hat[00:01:08]

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[00:01:22]

Nobody had faith[00:01:27]

Nobody nobody but[00:01:29]

Washington[00:01:31]

Tom Paine[00:01:33]

Benjamin Franklin[00:01:35]

Chaim Solomon[00:01:36]

Crispus Attucks[00:01:38]

Lafayette[00:01:40]

Nobodies[00:01:41]

The nobodies ran a tea party at Boston[00:01:44]

Betsy Ross organized a sewing circle[00:01:47]

Yeah Paul Revere had a horse race[00:01:50]

And a little ragged group believed it[00:01:52]

And some gentlemen and ladies believed it[00:01:57]

And some wise men and some fools and I believed it too[00:02:02]

And you know who I am[00:02:07]

No[00:02:12]

Who are you mister[00:02:13]

Yeah how come all this[00:02:14]

Well I'll tell you[00:02:16]

Now let me[00:02:18]

No let us tell you[00:02:18]

Then Mister Tom Jefferson a mighty fine man[00:02:21]

He wrote it down in a mighty fine plan[00:02:26]

And the rest all signed it with a mighty fine hand[00:02:30]

As they crossed their T's and dotted their I's[00:02:33]

A bran' new country did arise[00:02:38]

And and and and a mighty fine idea[00:02:42]

Adopted unanimously in Congress July 4 1776[00:02:49]

We hold these truths to be self evident[00:02:54]

That all men are created equal[00:02:59]

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

With certain inalienable rights[00:03:07]

That among these rights are life[00:03:11]

Yes Sir[00:03:14]

Liberty[00:03:15]

That's right[00:03:16]

And the pursuit of happiness[00:03:17]

Is that what they said[00:03:21]

The very words[00:03:23]

That sure does sound mighty fine[00:03:24]

Building a nation is awful tough[00:03:28]

The people found the going rough[00:03:32]

And thirteen states weren't large enough[00:03:36]

So they started to expand[00:03:40]

Into the western lands[00:03:44]

Still nobody who was anybody believed it[00:03:50]

Everybody who anybody they stayed at home[00:03:56]

But Lewis and Clarke and the pioneers[00:04:00]

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

The Klondike miners and the forty niners[00:04:07]

Some wanted freedom and some wanted riches[00:04:09]

Some liked to loaf while others dug ditches[00:04:12]

But they believed it[00:04:17]

And I believed it too[00:04:20]

And you know who I am[00:04:22]

No who are you Mister anyway[00:04:29]

Well I started to tell you[00:04:31]

Yes Mister tell us who you are[00:04:38]

You see I represent the whole[00:04:40]

That's it[00:04:47]

Let my people go[00:04:48]

That's the idea[00:04:52]

Old Abe Lincoln was thin and long[00:04:54]

His heart was high and his faith was strong[00:04:58]

But he hated oppression he hated wrong[00:05:03]

And he went down to his grave to free the slave[00:05:07]

A man in white skin can never be free[00:05:17]

While his black brother is in slavery[00:05:20]

And we here highly resolve that these dead[00:05:25]

Shall not have died in vain[00:05:28]

And this government of the people[00:05:32]

By the people and for the people[00:05:35]

Shall not perish from the earth[00:05:39]

Abraham Lincoln said that on November 19 1863 at Gettysburg Pennsylvania[00:05:42]

And he was right I believe that too[00:05:47]

Say Mister we still don't know who you are[00:05:50]

I've been trying to tell you you see[00:05:52]

There it is[00:05:56]

The machine age came with a great big roar[00:05:57]

As America grew in peace and war[00:06:01]

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

The cities reached into the sky[00:06:10]

And dug down deep into the ground[00:06:12]

And some got rich and some got poor[00:06:16]

But the people carried through so our country grew[00:06:19]

Still nobody who was anybody believed it[00:06:32]

Everybody who was anybody they doubted it[00:06:39]

And they are doubting still[00:06:44]

And I guess they always will[00:06:47]

But who cares what they say when I am on my way[00:06:50]

Say will you please tell us who you are[00:06:59]

What's your name buddy[00:07:01]

Where you goin'[00:07:03]

Who are you[00:07:04]

Well I'm everybody who's nobody[00:07:06]

I'm the nobody who's everybody[00:07:10]

What's your racket[00:07:13]

What do you do for a living[00:07:14]

Well I'm an[00:07:16]

Engineer[00:07:18]

Musician[00:07:20]

Street cleaner carpenter teacher[00:07:21]

How about a farmer[00:07:24]

Also[00:07:25]

Office clerk[00:07:26]

Yes Ma'am[00:07:27]

Mechanic[00:07:28]

That's right[00:07:28]

Housewife[00:07:29]

Certainly[00:07:30]

Factory worker[00:07:31]

You said it[00:07:32]

Officer uhu[00:07:33]

You specialist[00:07:34]

Absolutely[00:07:35]

Bartender[00:07:36]

Absolutely[00:07:37]

Truck driver[00:07:37]

Definitely[00:07:38]

Miner seamstress ditchdigger all of them[00:07:39]

I am the etceteras[00:07:43]

And the and so forths that do the work[00:07:46]

Now hold on here[00:07:49]

What are you trying to give us[00:07:50]

Are you an American[00:07:52]

Am I an American[00:07:53]

I'm just an Irish Negro Jewish Italian[00:07:54]

French and English Spanish Russian Chinese Polish[00:08:00]

Scotch Hungarian Litvak Swedish Finnish Canadian[00:08:03]

Greek and Turk and Czech[00:08:06]

And double check American[00:08:07]

And that ain't all[00:08:10]

I was baptized Baptist Methodist Congregationalist Luthern[00:08:12]

Atheist Roman Catholic Moslem Jewish Presbyterian Seventh Day[00:08:15]

Adventist[00:08:19]

Mormon Quaker Christian Scientist and lots more[00:08:19]

You sure are something[00:08:23]

Our country's strong our country's young[00:08:29]

And the greatest songs are still unsung[00:08:34]

From her plains and mountains we have sprung[00:08:38]

To keep the faith with those who went before[00:08:42]

We nobodies who are anybody believe it[00:08:50]

We anybodies who are everybody have no doubts[00:08:55]

Out of the cheating out of the shouting[00:09:01]

Out of the murders and lynching[00:09:05]

Out of the windbags the patriotic spouting[00:09:08]

Out of uncertainty and doubting[00:09:12]

Out of the carpetbag and the brass spittoon[00:09:15]

It will come again[00:09:18]

Our marching song will come again[00:09:21]

Simple as a hit tune[00:09:25]

Deep as our valleys[00:09:27]

High as our mountains[00:09:29]

Strong as the people who made it[00:09:31]

For I have always believed it[00:09:35]

And I believe it now[00:09:39]

And you know who I am[00:09:44]

Who are you[00:09:50]

America[00:09:51]

Aah[00:10:02]