}
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Wellerman》(船夫之歌)是一首約1860至70年代發源于新西蘭的謠曲。2021年初,蘇格蘭歌手內森·埃文斯 (Nathan Evans) 的翻唱在社交媒體網站TikTok上走紅;同時,該曲被許多人誤認爲船夫號子。
這首歌之所以被稱爲“
五常之歌”,是因爲網絡上的一種二次創作現象,將原本描述19世紀新西蘭海域海豹獵人生活和期盼補給船Wellerman到來的故事內容與遊戲、小說等文化作品中的五個強大勢力或國家相聯系,形成了一種新的解讀方式,但並非歌曲本身的原始含義或創作背景。
歌詞下方是Wellerman鋼琴譜,大家可以免費下載學習。
Wellerman歌詞:
There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea
The winds blew up her bow dipped down
O blow my bully boys blow huh
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
She had not been two weeks from shore
When down on her a right whale bore
The captain called all hands and swore
He'd take that whale in tow huh
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
Before the boat had hit the water
The whale's tail came up and caught her
All hands to the side harpooned and fought her
When she dived down low huh
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
No line was cut no whale was freed
The captain's mind was not of greed
And he belonged to the Whaleman's creed
She took that ship in tow huh
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
For forty days or even more
The line went slack then tight once more
All boats were lost there were only four
But still that whale did go
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
As far as I've heard the fight's still on
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone
The Wellerman makes his regular call
To encourage the captain crew and all
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go