2009-07-25 659 评论

The Star of County Down(爱尔兰风笛)

这美妙的爱尔兰传统民谣the star of the county down，来自Shenanigans，挪威古城bergen的一个民谣乐队。他们演奏celtic，苏格兰和各地的民谣，用很多好的方式去演奏和推广，而且经常出现在各地的民谣pub里面。

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歌词以叙事的手法表现了一个青年在小镇上看上了一个迷人的姑娘并爱上了她的过程，路人说，这个姑娘是爱尔兰王冠上炫目的珠宝，而歌名star of county down正是指的这个姑娘。整首歌节奏欢快有力，洋溢着美好的生活气息。

这首歌有不计其数的版本，每首都好听，感觉让人回到了过去那个民风淳朴的年代。

Shenanigans的这首代表曲the star of the county down，开始就是celtic忧伤的提琴，加木琴和“含着泪般”演绎的声音，几秒的时间，有让人落泪的感觉。
然后是一个挪威的男子，粗滑的嗓音，并没有多大的出彩。象是在叙事。转而，是围篝火的Party，那些调皮的孩子突然不想你在他们的party上继续神伤，快节奏仿佛舞曲硬拽着你，跳下舞池面对眼前的稍纵即逝的欢乐时刻，节奏快跃。舞蹈在轻快地进行。末曲，是依然的忧伤。短促的忧伤，是清冷夜的，一滴泪。
那种感动仿佛回忆和美好时光铺在你面前，躲也躲不掉的是你自己对音符和画面的剪接，导演不是别人。


In banbridge town in the county down
One morning last july,
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by.
She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
Such a coaxing elf, sure i shook myself
For to see i was really there.

Chorus:
From bantry bay up to derry quay and
From galway to dublin town,
No maid i've seen like the brown colleen
That i met in the county down.

As she onward sped, sure i scratched my head,
And i looked with a feelin' rare,
And i say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
"that's the gem of ireland's crown.
It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
She's the star of the county down".

Chorus:
From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
From galway to dublin town,
No maid i've seen like the brown colleen
That i met in the county down.

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
And i'll dress in my sunday clothes,
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
No pipe i'll smoke, no horse i'll yoke
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
Sits the star of the county down.