《The Song Collector》是Chumbawamba演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《ABCDEFG》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Song Collector
- 所屬專輯：ABCDEFG
- 歌曲原唱：Chumbawamba
- 發行日期：2010年2月28日
歌曲歌詞
The Folk Society meet on Thursday nights
Clear their throats and put their coughs to flight
To sing the dusty cobwebs from the room
A repertoire both in and out of tune
Don't assume a singalong or worse
This history in song and countless verse
Pays homage to the man who long ago
Collected all the songs the singers know
Collected all the songs the singers know
Edward Alexander man of action
Armed only with his reel-to-reel contraption
One hundred years ago in mac and boots
Set out to faithfully preserve the region's roots
And every night in some small village inn
Fortified with fortitude and gin
Mr Alexander for a shilling
Would thus record your song if you were willing
Would thus record your song if you were willing
So word got round and soon there formed a queue
And the line of willing singers grew and grew
Brass for oohs and aahs You can't go wrong
When there's someone paying a shilling for a song
When all his tapes are filled up Edward leaves
There's a history preserved so he believes
But all the so-called singers back inside
They know they took a city scholar for a ride
They know they took a city scholar for a ride
For they shook the man for every coin he'd got
With words and tunes all made up on the spot
Invented tales not twenty minutes old
So history like ale is bought and sold
The old contraption's packed away and boxed
And a century is marked upon the clock
So tradition holds that Edward's great collection
Is honoured with a weekly resurrection
Honoured with a weekly resurrection
And now the old Society sing the songs
Word for word and kept where they belong
As once again they eulogise the past
You can hear the ghosts of history laughing last
You can hear the ghosts of history laughing last
