星期一带着我的两个丫头去家边的shopping centre 看David Hamilton 的 puppet show (线偶表演），
很精彩，不仅大丫头enjoy, 连1岁半不到的二丫头也看得直拍手，在show的最后，David 还挑了几个大孩子到台上，跟他一起合作，为 AUSTRALIA DAY 表演了一个场景剧，算是演出的高潮，在场的几乎所有的家长都情绪高扬地跟着唱一首仿佛是澳洲的经典老歌，好像每个人都会唱，除我之外，尽管以前听过很多遍，可是就是不知道在唱什么。。。今天终于问了老公，在youtube上把它翻出来了。
我想，如果我们既然选择生活在这里，既然我孩子在这里成长，要接受这样的文化里，那我也慢慢地跟着她们一起成长，主动地了解一下澳洲的东西，包括她的经典老歌。。。
这首歌叫：Waltzing Matilda ( by Slim dusty)
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong:Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag,"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag,"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
Up rode a squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred;Down came the troopers, one, two, three:"Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong;"You'll never catch me alive!" said he;And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"
| * swagman: an intinerant farmhand, carrying his "swag" (his blankets) rolled into a cylinder
* billabong: a creek (normally with a pronounced "oxbow" bend)
* coolibah tree: a eucalypt (gum) tree )
* waited till his billy boiled: a billy is a tin can used to heat water over a campfire to make tea
* jumbuck: sheep
* tucker-bag: bag or box used to store food
* squatter: farmer/grazier who simply found good land and took possession; some became extremely rich
* trooper: policeman or soldier on horseback
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[ 本帖最后由 西式唐人 于 2009-1-22 23:23 编辑 ] |
