TMC701的部落格

“爸爸告誡子女要注意的花” 是Windflowers
“爸爸告誡子女要注意的樹” 是什麼？

是“Lemon tree” ！

為什麼？、、、、、、攏嘛是為了愛情啦！


緣由何來？
請看後頭Peter, Paul & Mary 演唱的「Lemon tree」的歌詞


Peter, Paul & Mary是六零年代著名的美國民歌三重唱樂團。

六零年代！
就是五年級生們剛剛出生、或是正要上小學的時候。

因此，對於「Peter, Paul & Mary三重唱」 不怎麼熟悉是正常的。但是如果聽到「five hundred miles」、「blowing in the wind」、「leaving on a jet plane」、「Where have all the flowers gone」、、、、等歌曲，應該都會覺得很 耳熟能詳。因為學英文或是練習吉他時，都會哼唱幾句。


美國也有民歌？六零年代越戰正熱，但是民心苦悶，對於許多男女青年而言，本土的「Peter, Paul & Mary三重唱」是重要的音樂團體。他們唱出來的歌聲，撫慰著許多人的心靈，和平反戰思想也因此迅速地擴散開來。後來，來自於英國的「披頭四」才加入這個風潮。


可惜到了70年代初，「Peter, Paul & Mary三重唱」就解散了！

Lemon tree 是 Peter, Paul & Mary最早開始暢銷的歌曲之一。

When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree"
"Don't put your faith in love, my boy," my father said to me
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree"

*Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to eat

One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie
A girl so sweet that when she smiled
The stars rose in the sky
We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me (*)

One day she left without a word, she took away the sun
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done
She left me for another
It's a common tale but true
A sadder man, but wiser now
I sing these words to you (*)

後來，30餘年以後，彼得、保羅 & 瑪麗三重唱有重聚，並且發行了紀念專輯。



但是，不幸瑪麗前些年逝世了！