上个世纪60年代,所谓的民谣风尚曾经在澳大利亚大行其道,其间涌现出一批引起大众关注的优秀音乐家,Tina Lawton便是当中的一位,而她仅有24岁的悲剧性死亡,更使她获得了国家级的荣耀与待遇.在她死后,她的很多作品都没有被收录到CD当中,她作为一个拥有优美声音的歌手,应当被我们记住.` Tina Lawton,1944年出生于澳大利亚一个中产阶级音乐家庭,是家中第5个女儿,在幼年时期,她就在音乐方面表现出极高的天赋,她的母亲称赞:只要找准了一个调,他的声音就像鸟儿一样发出来.可惜的是,这个小姑娘在学习传统的钢琴与小提琴时并不专心致志.
The Lowlands Of Holland(红雪莲原曲) As I rolled out one May morning down by the riverside There I meet her my lovely fair, oh then to be my bride Oh then to be my bride, my boys, and the chambers to behold May the heavens above protect my love, for a jolly sailor bold
I\'ll give my love a gallant ship, a ship of noble fame With a hundred and seventy sailor boys to box her about the main To box her about the main, my boys, with need no fear nor doubt But with my true love in that gallant ship, i was sadly tossed about
The anchor and the cable went overboard that day The mainmast and the rigging lie a-buried in the sea It was tempest sent bad weather and the raging of the sea I never never had but one true love, and he was drowned at sea
Said the father to his daughter, What makes you sore lament? Oh there is a lad in our town who will make your heart content There is not a lad in our town, neither lord nor duke, said she Since the raging seas and stormy winds parted my love and me
No hankerchief shall find my head, no comb go through my hair No fireside bright and nor candle light shall view my beauty fair Oh when neither shall I married be until the day I die Since the raging seas and stormy winds parted me love and I