所属专辑:Come Write Me Down - Early Recordings of the Copper Family of Rottingdean
时长: 03:52
The Seasons Round - The Copper Family[00:00:00]
The sun has gone down[00:00:00]
And the sky it looks red[00:00:03]
Down on my soft pillow where[00:00:06]
I lay my head [00:00:10]
When I open my eyes for to see the stars shine[00:00:12]
Then the thoughts of[00:00:19]
My true love run into my mind [00:00:20]
The sap has gone down[00:00:26]
And the leaves they do fall [00:00:28]
To hedging and ditching our farmers they'll call [00:00:32]
We will trim up their hedges[00:00:38]
We will cut down their wood[00:00:41]
And the farmers they'll all[00:00:44]
Say our faggots run good [00:00:47]
Now hedging being over[00:00:51]
Then sawing draws near[00:00:54]
We will send for the sawyer[00:00:57]
The woods for to clear [00:01:00]
And after he has sawed them[00:01:03]
And tumbled them down[00:01:06]
Then there he will flaw them[00:01:09]
All on the cold ground [00:01:12]
When sawing is over then[00:01:17]
Seedtime comes round [00:01:20]
See our teams they[00:01:23]
Are already preparing the ground [00:01:25]
Then the man[00:01:29]
With his seed-lip he'll scatter the corn[00:01:30]
Then the harrows[00:01:35]
They will bury it to keep it from harm [00:01:37]
Now seedtime being over[00:01:42]
Then haying draws near [00:01:45]
With our scythes rakes [00:01:49]
And pitch-forks those meadows to clear [00:01:50]
We will cut down their grass boys [00:01:55]
And carry it away [00:01:58]
We will first call[00:02:01]
It green grass and then call it hay [00:02:02]
When haying is over then harvest draws near[00:02:08]
We will send to our Brewer[00:02:14]
To brew us strong beer [00:02:17]
And in brewing strong beer boys [00:02:20]
We will cut down their corn[00:02:23]
And we'll take it to the barn boys [00:02:26]
To keep it from harm [00:02:29]
Now harvest being over bad weather comes on[00:02:33]
We will send for the thresher[00:02:39]
To thresh out our corn [00:02:42]
His hand-staff he'll handle [00:02:45]
His swingel he'll swing [00:02:48]
Till the very next harvest we'll all meet again [00:02:51]
Now since we have brought this[00:02:58]
So cheerfully around[00:03:01]
We will send for the jolly ploughman[00:03:04]
To plough up the ground [00:03:07]
See the boy with his whip[00:03:10]
And the man to his plough[00:03:13]
Here's a health to the jolly ploughmen[00:03:16]
That plough up the ground [00:03:19]
Now things they do change as the time passes on[00:03:23]
And I'm afraid I'll have occasion to alter my song[00:03:29]
You'll see a boy with a tractor a-going like hell[00:03:35]
Whatever farming is coming[00:03:41]
To there's no tongue can tell[00:03:44]