歌詞

Today

-Artists: The New Christy Minstrels as sung on " The New Christy Minstrels

-Greatest Hits": Sony Special Products BT 18113

-peak Billboard position # 17 in 1964

-from the movie "Advance To the Rear" starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens,

-Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus, and Andrew Prine

-Words and Music by Minstrels' leader Randy Sparks



Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows shall all pass away

Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today



I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover

You'll know who I am by the song that I sing

I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover

Who cares what the morrow shall bring?



Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine



I can't be contented with yesterday's glory

I can't live on promises winter to spring (winter to spring)

Today is my moment and now is my story

I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing



Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows shall all pass away

Ere I forget all the joy that is mi-uh-ine today
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Do not forsake me, oh my darlin
music by Dimitri Tiomkin
lyrics by Ned Washington
ballad of movie High Noon
sung in the movie by Tex Ritter
most famously sung by Frankie Laine



Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
On this, our weddin' day
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Wait, wait along
I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
And I must face a man who hates me
Or lie a coward, a craven coward
Or lie a coward in my grave
Oh, to be torn 'tweenst love and duty
S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty
Look at that big hand move along
Nearin' high noon
He made a vow while in state prison
Vowed it would be my life or his'n
I'm not afraid of death but oh
What will I do if you leave me?
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
You made that promise as a bride
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Although you're grievin', don't think of leavin'
Now that I need you by my side
Wait along,(wait along) wait along
Wait along, wait along
(Wait along, ,wait along, wait along, wait along)

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Marty Robbins - The Hanging Tree Lyrics

I came to town to search for gold
And I brought with me a memory
And I seem to hear the night wind cry,
"Go hang your dreams on the hangin' tree
Your dreams of love that could never be
Hang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree!"

I searched tor gold and I found my gold
And I found a girl who loved just me
And I wished that I could love her too
But I'd left my heart on the hangin' tree
I'd left my heart with a memory
And a faded dream on the hangin' tree.

Now there were men who craved my gold
And meant to take my gold from me
When a man is gone he needs no gold
So they carried me to the hangin' tree
To join my dreams and a memory
Yes they carried me to the hangin' tree.

To really live you must almost die
And it happened just that way with me
They took the gold and set me free
And I walked away from the hangin' tree
I walked away from the hangin' tree
And my own true love, she walked with me!

That's when I knew that the hangin' tree
Was a tree of life, new life for me
A tree of hope, new hope for me
A tree of love, new love tor me
The hangin' tree, the hangin' tree, the hangin' tree!

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 North To Alaska 2:47
(Franks, Horton)
Johnny Horton
Pop Chart # 4 Sept. 19, 1960
Columbia Records #41782
Album: 'Johnny Horton 16 Biggest Hits'
Columbia Legacy Records CK 69971



Intro:
Way up north (north to Alaska)
Way up north (north to Alaska)

North to Alaska
You go north, the rush is on
North to Alaska
I go North, the rush is on

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two
With George Pratt, his partner and brother, Billy, too
They crossed the Yukon River
And found the Bonanza Gold
Below that old white mountain
Just a little south-east of Nome

Sam crossed the majestic mountains (mush)
To the valleys far below (mush)
He talked to his team of huskies (mush)
As he mushed on through the snow (mush)
With the northern lights a-runnin' wild (mush)
In the land of the midnight sun (mush)
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man (mush)
In the year of nineteen-one (mush)

Where the river is windin'
Big nuggets they're findin'
North to Alaska
They go North, the rush is on

A-way up north (north to Alaska)
Way up north (north to Alaska)
North to Alaska
They go north, the rush is on
North to Alaska
They go north the rush is on

George turned to Sam
Wth his gold in his hand
Said, 'Sam you're a-lookin' at a lonely, lonely man
'I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land
For one small band of gold to place
On sweet little Ginnie's hand

'Cause a man needs a woman
To love him all the time
'Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find
I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home
Below that old white mountain
Just a little south-east of Nome'

Where the river is windin'
Big nuggets they're findin'
North to Alaska
They go north, the rush is on
North to Alaska
They go North, the rush is on

Way up north (north to Alaska)
Way up north (north to Alaska)
FADES-
Way up north (north to Alaska)
Way up north (north to Alaska)
Way up north.

thoughts after reading

I just read a chapter in e.o. wilson's on human nature about aggression.  it's interesting that he seems to be  complete opposite of Konrad lorenz.  at least, that's what appeared in his own writing.  one of his most frequent description of lorenz's view on aggression is that lorenz think aggressive sports can discharge some of the intra-species aggression.  but as wilson pointed out that aggressive action is more a learned behavior with human predisposition of aggression.  wilson seemed to say that we can curb aggression by avoiding violent things, like not using foul langauge, playing violent video games, or aggressive sports.  and he pointed out that there were many crisis, but eventually, people got out of the tough situation by using reason as last resort.  wilson seemed optimistic compared to lorenz.

I need to read on aggression again.  

old ball

there's a boy of ten
his friends were gone because
he moved to a new places

father comfort him
now now, you will find new friends
mother encourage him
isn't it a beautiful quaint place

boy of ten went to new school
there's no friends, everyone a strange
boy came back from school
new place isn't quaint,
he lost his way to his house
he's out, until he was found

oh, poor little boy, strange faces will
fade, father said.
oh, new road will be old again if
travel more, mother said.

boy of ten could only comfort himself with
an old worn basketball

no title

for your sake, let me say this out loud
if you love me, please say it now. 
if i love you, i wish to show it to you
but but what if there's no hope

i can see it in your eyes.
that glint of hope flows out
but i know how heart could be
treacherous.  how it could deceive me
with a mirror i polished
with tireless effort

I want to ask you this, but throughout the century
were you there for me?
is it just me yapping my mouth blindly
oh, it must be a pure dream, for I can feel
your image cramping out my eye socket

if i want a fastest car in the world, that
was used to chase after you
if i wanted to have wings, which was
used to track your shadow.
but oh, I regret my thoughts
or is it my will free of physical boundaries?

 

那兩位教授說的...

最近看到一本書, 書名叫 wealth and power, 中文是富強.  兩位美國教授合作的.  其實就是前不久, 拙林貼的一篇提到中國近代史改寫的文章, 同樣的兩位教授. 

書 裡舉了幾個代表人物, 都是近代史上有意思的人物.  從魏源開始介紹, 到朱鎔基.  不斷的把近代各作者的思想和富強提出聯繫, 富強就是富國強兵的縮寫, 因此他們譯成, wealth and power.  無論是魏源, 梁啟超, 孫中山, 鄧小平, 等, 都沒能真正脫離愛國主義.  唯一有意思的是毛澤東, 他對中國文化的徹底破壞, 給鄧小平的經濟開放鋪了路.  對之後的朱鎔基也頗有好評.  認為他對於經濟的發展是正面的.  最後面的結論一篇更指明了愛國主義對於整個近代和現代中國的進程, 有著主導性的地位.  因為無論是毛的破壞, 還是鄧的開放, 或者是朱的經濟, 都是為了富國強兵.  而直到現在除了開發, 現在的中國提不出一個中心價值觀(core value).  他既不願接受歐美的民主自由, 人權等等, 除了富國強兵之外, 他也沒有自己的價值觀.  書裡認為這是另一個轉變的開始, 可以是好的, 也可以是壞.  也就是現在是處於一個非常不穩定的時代.  這也讓我聯想到之前易中天說的中國人沒有中心價值觀.  這一串的文章的出現, 確是一種轉變. 

易中天說中國人沒有信仰, 也就是沒有中心價值觀.  我本人是不能同意的.  因為在我認為, 他提到中華文化的部分是矛盾的.  既然中華文化是世界性的第一大 tier 之一.  又說中華文化沒有中心價值觀, 基本上他自己就否定掉中華文化了.  如果易中天說, 中華文化就是實用主義.  這個主義, 實在是人類最根本的本能, 哪裡能成為文化呢?  但是, 我一想, 也對, 自毛澤東出來後, 中華文化是被否定掉了.  剩下的豈不就只剩實用主義了嗎?  那兩位美國教授, 認為毛澤東把中華文化去掉了, 所以現在才能使經濟蒸蒸日上.  但是, 現在又來講要中心價值觀?  似乎沒必要...

(最近易中天又把中華的部分重寫.  他不提實用主義了, 他說中華文化沒有信仰, 可是中華文化之所以能成為世界性文化, 是因為:  方式.)

自從易中天說中華文化沒有信仰, 也就是沒有中心價值觀時, 我就一直在考慮這個問題.  因為我看過蘇老泉曾寫過, "士以義怒", 一句話.  我那時也曾想過, 那個義到底是啥意思?  這個義是否可以是中心價值觀?  可是我當時就想, 中國似乎自古及近代都沒有真正提出一個 '義'.  試看韓愈在原道提出了:

-----'夫所謂先王之教者，何也？博愛之謂仁，行而宜之之謂義，由是而之焉之謂道，足乎己無待於外之謂德。其文，詩書易春秋；其法，禮樂刑政；其民，士農工賈；其位，君臣父子師友賓主昆弟夫婦；其服，麻絲；其居，宮室；其食，粟米果蔬魚肉：其為道易明，而其為教易行也。'-----

這裡面似乎全都是實用主義.  以今日歐美的所謂中心價值觀, 獨立, 自由, 平等(易中天列的) 來看, 這裡沒有類似的東西.  易中天也提出了今日歐美的名詞在程度上有種種不同:

-----'具體地說，就是獨立、自由、平等。此外的人權、法治、民主、共和、憲政，則不是。人權和法治是觀念，共和與憲政是制度，民主則既是觀念也是制度。它們都不是價值，而是價值的體現，以及實現這些價值之最不壞和最可行的途徑。這事過去一直是糊塗賬，現在不能不算清楚。

   獨立、自由、平等這三大核心價值，是文藝復興以後被重新發現的。儘管它們在古希臘文明中已初見端倪，但真正成為西方國家的全民共識和朝野共識，仍然費了不小的工夫。然而一旦確立，西方現代文明便騰空躍起。
    是這樣嗎？是。
    一般都認為，西方經濟發達科技進步，是因為制度先進、優越、完善。比方說，著作權法和新聞出版法保護了知識產權和言論自由，科技當然進步；合同法和反壟斷法保證了自由貿易和公平競爭，經濟當然發達。
    問題是，這些制度為什麼能夠建立，而且能夠實行呢？就因為制度背後有觀念的支持，比如“這是我的小破屋，風能進，雨能進，國王不能進”，比如“我堅決反對 你的意見，但我寧願犧牲生命也要捍衛你說出這意見的權利”。這些觀念被廣為傳播，早已深入人心，無論政府官員還是江湖大佬，都不敢頂風作案，冒天下之大不 韙。
    制度的背後是觀念，觀念的背後是什麼？
    價值。
    比方說，因為尊重獨立，所以要保護隱私；因為崇尚自由，所以要保護言論；因為堅持平等，所以要保護民權。這才有了人權觀念、法治意識、創新機制、保障體系，有了自由貿易、公平競爭、權力制衡、輿論監督，有了一系列的觀念和制度，而且能夠落實和執行。
    價值、觀念、制度，是一種由裡到外層層遞進的邏輯關係。西方現代國家能夠勃然興起後來居上，創造出當今世界最強大、最強勢、最強悍的文明，就因為他們把這個邏輯關係弄清了，理順了，夯實了，建構成渾然一體的東西。'-----

 如果和韓愈的東西兩相比較, 我就覺得除了愛和義之外,獨立, 自由, 平等, 要比其他韓愈提出的更像核心價值.  也比禮樂刑政更令人嚮往.  禮樂刑政聽起來像是制度.  而觀念似乎並沒有真正的再韓愈的原道裡出現. 

對於整個中國來說現在是一個轉變的時機.  我沒有辦法忘記我在蘇州時和大姨說, 在毛澤東時代, 疆獨沒能能鬧出來.  實在是因為當時大家都相信共產主義.  這個共產主義可以是一個核心價值觀.  但現在常常出事, 實在是因為愛國主義, 甚至大漢主義所造成的.  這兩位美國教授所想的, 我在幾年前就想過, 也和拙林提出來過.  我基本上認為易中天在講歐美和回教時都滿好的.  我仍是不喜歡他講中華文化的部分.  我已經看過易中天的網誌很多次, 他中華文化的部分改了又改.  我相信很多人也都不喜歡.  但, 我也無法把中華文化的價值觀講出來.

我常常覺得, 中華文化, 那些古籍從不是真的在講中國人, 而是講全人類. 唉, 無論如何, 我得承認現在這是超出我的能力範圍.  無論是書讀的太少太少,幾乎完全不經世事, 也與人隔絕.  這三件事都使我無法認識價值觀的可能.

不過, 這似乎只是古代價值觀的認識, 而不是現代價值觀的開展.  我最近的想法真的是, 當初王陽明的心學沒能繼續開展, 只滿足於心靈上的滿足, 而不求之於事功, 實在是一大遺憾.  到了清朝, 又只能求之於事功, 而不能在心靈上有所闡明.  也或許前一代的發展終有推進後一代的銳進.  只是我因為那三件事, 而不能看的清楚.  雖然易中天所說的我不見得儘都贊同, 但是易中天所做的是很值得推許的.