2009年11月27日 星期五

2009 Thanksgiving Day 歌曲欣賞




Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free,
The breezes so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home on the range
For all the cities so bright.

Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.


這首歌出現在三樓的感恩節餐會中,從未在大家面前開口唱歌的Teacher Jackson居然為大家唱出這首歌,這並非在預定的安排中,Jackson說:「他聽完老師的故事介紹,有感而發…」當眾獻唱了這一首歌,這首歌跟當初清教徒移民、思念家鄉的的心境很像…,他想利用這首歌表達對孩子、老師及Jackson Kids所有員工們的感謝,也利用這個機會告訴我們的小朋友希望他們常常心存感謝對於自己身邊的父母親、阿公、阿媽及師長們的照顧,看到孩子們雙手合十、輕輕的閉上雙眼,默唸著屬於自己的感謝詞,心中滿是激動,在這感恩的節日裡,請欣賞這篇文章中的音樂「山腰上的家 Home On The Range」~


註:中文歌詞如下:

蔚藍色的天, 翡翠般的青山
山間中的流水聲潺潺
回憶起兒時,在這美麗家園
常常獨自徜徉百花間
啊, 我的家園,我那山腰上的家園
當我歡欣或悲傷及厭煩
你總叫我無限懷念