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作曲 : Daniel Decatur Emmett/1846 |
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If you should come in summer time, |
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To Souf Carolina sultra clime, |
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If in de shade you chance to lie, |
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You'll soon find but dat blue tail fly. |
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An scratch 'im wid a brier too. |
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When I was young I used to wait, |
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On massa's table and hand de plate, |
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I'd pass the bottle when he get dry, |
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An brush away de blue tail fly. |
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An scratch 'im wid a brier too. |
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Then after dinner massa sleep, |
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He bid me vigilance to keep; |
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And when he gwine to shut his eye, |
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He tell me watch dat blue tail fly. |
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An scratch 'im wid a brier too. |
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When he ride in arternoon, |
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I follow arter wid a hickory broom, |
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De pony being bery shy, |
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When bitten by de blue tail fly. |
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An scratch 'im wid a brier too. |
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One day he rode aroun de farm, |
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De flies so numerous did swarm; |
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One chance to bite him on de flight, |
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De debble take dat blue tail fly. |
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An scratch 'im wid a brier too. |
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De pony run dar hop an pitch, |
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And trowed ole massa in the ditch, |
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He died an de Jury and wondered why, |
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Dat de verdict was de blue tail fly. |
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An scratch 'im wid a brier too. |
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Dey laid him beneath a 'simmon tree, |
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His epitaph am dere to see |
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'Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie, |
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The victim ob de blue tail fly. |
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An' scratch 'um wid a briar too. |
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Ole massa's gone, now let 'im rest, |
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Dey say all tings am for de best; |
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I neber shall forget till de day I die, |
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Ole massa an' dat blue tail fly. |
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An' scratch 'um wid a briar too. |
