Green Green Grass of Home"—「家鄉的如蔭綠地」是一首膾炙人口的鄉村歌曲,1966年由英國歌手Tom Jones(湯姆瓊斯)唱紅,而其實Tom Jones並不是這首歌的原唱者。同年更早的時候,美國搖滾歌手Jerry Lee Lewis(傑利李路易斯)已經錄製,可惜沒有受到注意。
這首歌的歌詞是敘述一個死刑犯臨刑前的美夢 夢想出獄回到家鄉與父母 愛人團聚
可惜夢醒後 只見鐵窗
多年後 他仍然繼續唱這首歌
你會覺得他因歲月洗鍊帶來的不同的韻味嗎?
https://youtu.be/O-yKq-FsFyk
1967 27歲
https://youtu.be/wnGPmlXDJNI
1989 49歲
https://youtu.be/WN3ME-rgpws
2001 61歲 有歌詞字幕
https://youtu.be/nYjBpgz2lus
2009 69歲
https://youtu.be/O1suiNZ-IlU
2013 73歲 with Mike Duet
Jerry Lee Lewis - Green Green Grass Of Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEpHFU7NCls
The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train
當我步下火車 看到家鄉依舊
and there to meet me is my ma-ma and pa-pa
迎接我的是爸爸和媽媽我向馬路望去
And down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
我向馬路望去 金色頭髮、櫻桃小嘴的瑪莉正飛奔過來
it's good to touch the green green grass of home
能觸摸到碧草如茵的家園真是太好了
Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms a reaching smiling sweetly
是的,他們將全會來看我 敞開雙臂,笑容燦爛
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
第二段:
The old house is stilling standing th'o(though)the paint is cracked and dry
老家依然矗立著 雖然油漆已經斑駁剝落
and thers's that old oak tree that I used to play on
還有那棵老橡樹,小時候我常在樹下玩耍
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
在巷子裡, 在巷子裏,我會和心愛的瑪麗散步 她一頭金髮,唇似櫻桃
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
能觸摸到碧草如茵的家園真是太好了
第三段(口白+唱)
Then I awake and look around me at four the grey walls that surround me
當我醒來,看看四週 我發現我在四面灰色的牆屋裡
and I realize that I was only dreaming
哦!原來這只是一場夢
For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre
警衛和悲傷年邁的軍中牧師
arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
擁著我,在破曉時晨光前進
once again I'll touch the green green grass of home
再一次我將會觸碰到碧草如茵的家園
唱Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree as they lay me neath the green green grass of home