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作曲 : Traditional |
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No more chant your old rhymes about old Robin Hood |
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His feats I do little admire |
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I'll sing the achievements of General Ludd |
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Now the hero of Nottinghamshire |
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Brave Ludd was to measures of violence unused |
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'till his sufferings became so severe |
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That at last to defend his own interest he rose |
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And for the great fight did prepare |
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The guilty may fear but no vengeance he aims |
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At the honest man's life or estate |
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His wrath is entirely confined to wide frames |
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And to those that would prices abate |
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Those engines of mischief were sentenced to die |
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By unanimous vote of the trade |
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And Ludd who can all opposition defy |
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Was the grand executioner made |
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And when in the work he destruction employs |
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Himself to no method confines |
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By fire and by water he gets them destroyed |
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For the elements aid his designs |
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Whether guarded by soldiers along the highway |
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Or closely secured in a room |
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He shivers them up by night and by day |
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And nothing can soften their doom |
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Ye may censure great Ludd's disrespect for the laws |
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Who ne'er for a moment reflects |
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That foul imposition alone was the cause |
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Which produced these unhappy effects |
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Let the haughty the humble no longer oppress |
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Then shall Ludd sheath his conquering sword |
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His grievances instantly meet with redress |
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Then peace shall be quickly restored |
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Let the wise and the great lend their aid and advice |
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Nor e'er their assistance withdraw |
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Till full-fashioned work at the old-fashioned price |
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Is established by custom and law |
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Then the trade when this arduous contest is o'er |
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Shall raise in full splendor its head |
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And colting and cutting and swearing no more |
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Shall deprive all his workers of bread |
