[00:00:00] Ballad For Americans - Paul Robeson (罗伯逊) [00:00:19] In seventy-six the sky was red [00:00:24] Thunder rumbling overhead [00:00:28] Bad King George couldn't sleep in his bed [00:00:32] And on that stormy morn Ol' Uncle Sam was born [00:00:40] Some birthday [00:00:45] Ol' Sam put on a three cornered hat [00:00:48] And in a Richmond church he sat [00:00:53] And Patrick Henry told him that while [00:00:57] America drew breath [00:01:01] It was "Liberty or death " [00:01:07] What kind of hat is a three-cornered hat [00:01:13] Did they all believe in liberty in those days [00:01:16] Nobody who was anybody believed it [00:01:21] Ev'rybody who was anybody they doubted it [00:01:26] Nobody had faith [00:01:28] Nobody Nobody but Washington Tom Paine [00:01:34] Benjamin Franklin [00:01:36] Chaim Solomon Crispus Attucks [00:01:39] Lafayette Nobodies [00:01:43] The nobodies ran a trea party at Boston [00:01:46] Betsy Ross [00:01:47] Organized a sewing circle [00:01:49] Paul Revere had a horse race [00:01:51] And a little ragged group believed it [00:01:56] And some gentlemen and ladies believed it [00:02:01] And some wise men and some fools [00:02:03] And I believed it too [00:02:06] And you know who I am [00:02:11] No Who are you mister Yeah how come all this [00:02:15] Well I'll tell you [00:02:17] No let us tell you [00:02:20] Mister Tom Jefferson a mighty fine man [00:02:24] He wrote it down in a mighty fine plan [00:02:29] And the rest all signed it with a mighty fine hand [00:02:32] As they crossed thier T's and dotted their I's [00:02:37] A bran' new country did arise [00:02:46] And a mighty fine idea [00:02:48] "Adopted unanimously in Congress July 4 1776 [00:02:53] We hold these truths to be self-evident [00:02:58] That all men are created equal [00:03:02] That they are endowed by their [00:03:05] Creator with certain inalienable rights [00:03:10] That among these rights are Life [00:03:13] Yes sir Liberty That's right [00:03:16] And the pursuit of happiness [00:03:20] Is that what they said The very words [00:03:23] That does sound mighty fine [00:03:27] Building a nation is awful tough [00:03:31] The people found the going rough [00:03:35] Some lived in cities some worked the land [00:03:39] And united they did stand [00:03:43] To make our country grand [00:03:49] Still nobody who was anybody believed it [00:03:54] Everybody who anybody they stayed at home [00:03:59] But Lewis and Clarke and the pioneers [00:04:03] Driven by hunger haunted by fears [00:04:05] The Klondike miners and the forty niners [00:04:08] Some wanted freedom and some wanted riches [00:04:11] Some liked to loaf while others dug ditches [00:04:16] But they believed it And I believed it too [00:04:20] And you know who I am [00:04:27] No who are you anyway Mister [00:04:29] Well I started to tell you [00:04:46] Let my people go That's the idea [00:04:52] Old Abe Lincoln was thin and long [00:04:56] His heart was high and his faith was strong [00:05:01] But he hated oppression he hated wrong [00:05:05] And he went down to his grave to free the slave [00:05:15] A man in white skin can never be free [00:05:19] While his black brother is in [00:05:22] Slavery [00:05:23] "And we here highly resolve that [00:05:26] These dead shall not have died in vain [00:05:30] And this government of the people [00:05:33] By the people and for the people [00:05:37] Shall not perish from the Earth " [00:05:41] Abraham Lincoln said that on November 19 [00:05:43] 1863 at Gettysburg Pennsylvania [00:05:45] And he was right I believe that too [00:05:48] Say we still don't know who you are mister [00:05:51] Well I started to tell you [00:05:56] The machine age came with a great big roar [00:05:59] As America grew in peace and war [00:06:04] And a million wheels went around and 'round [00:06:08] The cities reached into the sky [00:06:10] And dug down deep into the ground [00:06:14] And some got rich and some got poor [00:06:17] But the people carried through [00:06:21] So our country grew