Old Deuteronomy - T.S.Eliot.mp3

[00:00.000] 作曲 : T.S.Eliot
[00:03.346]Old Deuteronomy
[00:06.474]Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
[00:10.450]He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.
[00:14.435]He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
[00:17.846]A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
[00:22.683]Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives
[00:25.530]And more--I am tempted to say, ninety-nine;
[00:29.515]And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives
[00:33.209]And the village is proud of him in his decline.
[00:36.621]At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy,
[00:40.612]When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall,
[00:43.749]The Oldest Inhabitant croaks: ’Well, of all . . .
[00:47.738]Things. . . Can it be . . . really! . . . No!. . . Yes!. . .
[00:53.135]Ho! hi!
[00:54.558]Oh, my eye!
[00:56.271]My mind may be wandering, but I confess
[00:59.685]I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!‘
[01:04.526]Old Deuteronomy sits in the street,
[01:07.664]He sits in the High Street on market day;
[01:10.790]The bullocks may bellow, the sheep they may bleat,
[01:14.206]But the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away.
[01:17.620]The cars and the lorries run over the kerb,
[01:20.461]And the villagers put up a notice: ROAD CLOSED--
[01:24.732]So that nothing untoward may chance to distrub
[01:28.443]Deuteronomy's rest when he feels so disposed
[01:32.135]Or when he's engaged in domestic economy:
[01:35.274]And the Oldest Inhabitant croaks: ’Well, of all . . .
[01:39.257]Things. . . Can it be . . . really! . . . No!. . . Yes!. . .
[01:44.376]Ho! hi!
[01:46.020]Oh, my eye!
[01:46.859]My sight's unreliable, but I can guess
[01:50.503]That the cause of the trouble is Old Deuteronomy!‘
[01:54.705]Old Deuteronomy lies on the floor
[01:57.794]Of the Fox and French Horn for his afternoon sleep;
[02:01.712]And when the men say: ’There's just time for one more,‘
[02:05.915]Then the landlady from her back parlour will peep
[02:09.555]And say: ‘Now then, out you go, by the back door,
[02:14.334]For Old Deuteronomy mustn't be woken--
[02:17.705]I'll have the police if there's any uproar’--
[02:20.776]And out they all shuffle, without a word spoken.
[02:25.253]The digestive repose of that feline's gastronomy
[02:30.017]Must never be broken, whatever befall:
[02:33.927]And the Oldest Inhabitant croaks: ’Well, of all . . .
[02:38.398]Things. . . Can it be . . . really! . . . Yes!. . . No!. . .
[02:43.433]Ho! hi!
[02:44.555]Oh, my eye!
[02:46.237]My legs may be tottery, I must go slow
[02:49.311]And be careful of Old Deuteronomy!‘