歌手:Bruce Springsteen
专辑:《The Seeger Sessions》

"Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said,“
"Would you like to make a solider out of your son Ted?“
With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat,
And Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?"
chorus
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a

Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore,
And after seven years or more
She spied a ship come into the bay
With her son from far away
"Oh captain dear, where have you been?“
You've been sailing the Mediterranean.
Have you news of my son Ted?
Is he living or is he dead?"
chorus
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a

Up came Ted without any legs
And in their place, two wooden pegs.
She kissed him a dozen times or two

"Now were you drunk or were you blind“
When you left your two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your two fine legs away?"
chorus
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a

"No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind.“
When I left my two fine legs behind.
A cannon ball on the fifth of May.
Tore my two fine legs away."
"Oh, Teddy boby," the window cried.“
"Your two fine legs were your mother's pride.“
Stumps of a tree won't do at all.
Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?"
chorus
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a

"All foreign wars I do proclaim“
Live on the blood and the mothers'pain.
I'd rather have my son as he used to be
Than the King of America and his whole navy."
chorus
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a

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