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| 塔菲是个威尔士人 Taffy was a Welshman | |
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| 童谣 | |
| 出版 | 约 1780 |
| 词曲 | 佚名 |
《塔菲是个威尔士人》（英語：Taffy was a Welshman）是一首流行于18世纪至20世纪的英语童谣，其劳德民歌索引编号为19237。 [1]
歌词
《塔菲是个威尔士人》的歌词版本繁多，如下为通行版歌词：
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
塔菲是威尔士人，塔菲是小偷；
Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef;
塔菲闯进我家，偷走牛腿肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed;
我到塔菲家里，塔菲在床上;
I took the leg of meat and hit him on the head.
我拿起牛腿肉，往他头上打;
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
塔菲是威尔士人，塔菲是小偷；
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef;
塔菲闯进我家，偷了块牛肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't in;
我到塔菲家里，塔菲不在家;
I jumped on his Sunday hat and poked it with a pin.
我跳上他的礼帽，还拿针戳它;
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a sham;
塔菲是威尔士人，塔菲是骗子；
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of lamb;
塔菲闯进我家，偷了块羊肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was away,
我到塔菲家里，塔菲出去了;
I stuffed his socks with sawdust and filled his shoes with clay.
我把木屑泥土，塞入他鞋袜；
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a cheat,
塔菲是威尔士人，塔菲是骗子；
Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of meat;
塔菲闯进我家，偷了一块肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not there,
我到塔菲家里，塔菲不在那;
I hung his coat and trousers to roast before a fire.
我把他的衣裤，挂在火前烤。
[2]
起源和历史
"Taffy" 一词可能合并自威尔士人的常用名“ Dafydd ”和威尔士河流塔夫河（威尔士首都卡迪夫的母亲河），其在18世纪中叶便已开始使用。 [3]这首童谣可能与 1744 年左右在伦敦出版的《拇指汤米的动听歌集》中的一首童谣有关，歌词如下：
关于《塔菲是个威尔士人》的通行版歌词，目前拥有的最早记录来自于南希·科克（Nancy Cock）的《动听歌集》（Pretty Song Book） ，该书于 1780 年左右在伦敦出版，其中收录了一首童谣：
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed,
我到塔菲家里，塔菲在床上;
I took the marrow bone and beat about his head.
我将髓骨拿起，往他头上敲;
[2]
类似版本在18世纪末期的歌集也有印行，但在 1805 年出版的《儿童歌谣集》中，歌词的暴力程度有所增加：
1840 年代，詹姆斯·奥查德·哈利韦尔 (James Orchard Halliwell)收集了一个拥有两节歌词的版本，随后的歌词为：
Taffy was born
塔菲出生了，
On a Moon Shiny Night,
在一个月光灿烂的晚上。
His head in the Pipkin,
他的头在三脚锅里，
His Heels upright.
他的脚跟挺直。
[2]
这个版本的歌词在与威尔士接壤的英格兰郡县大受欢迎、在圣大卫节(3 月 1 日) 那天，当地的人们演唱这首歌，并配上身着韭葱(威尔士的象征）的假人塑像。
参考来源
- ^ Roud Folksong Index S377993 Taffy was a Welshman. Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. English Folk Dance and Song Society. [May 20, 2016].
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 400–1.
- ^ M. Stephens, The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 569.
- ^ 用来熬汤
- ^ J. O. Halliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England (London, 1846), p. 19.