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The Fox きつね
The Fox（きつね）はイギリスの民謡です。
この曲は絵本『The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song』や『Fox Went out on a Chilly Night』の題材になっています。
最も古いバージョンは大英博物館で15世紀の詩として発見されています。
歌詞
The fox went out on a chilly night,
he prayed to the Moon to give him light,
for a many a mile to go that night
before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o,
many a mile to go that night
before he reached the town-o.
He ran till he came to a great big bin
where the ducks and the geese were put there in.
"A couple of you will grease my chin
before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o,
a couple of you will grease my chin
before I leave this town-o."
He grabbed the grey goose by the neck,
threw the duck across his back;
he didn't mind their quack, quack, quack,
and their legs all a-dangling down-o, down-o, down-o,
he didn't mind their quack, quack, quack,
and their legs all a-dangling down-o.
The old gray woman jumped out of bed;
out of the window she cocked her head,
Crying, "John, John! The grey goose is gone
and the fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o!"
Crying, "John, John, the grey goose is gone
and the fox is on the town-o!"
He ran till he came to his cozy den;
there were the little ones eight, nine, ten.
They said, "Daddy, daddy, better go back again,
'cause it must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o!"
They said, "Daddy, daddy, better go back again,
'cause it must be a mighty fine town-o."
Then the fox and his wife without any strife
cut up the goose with a fork and knife.
They never had such a supper in their life
and the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o,
they never had such a supper in their life
and the little ones chewed on the bones-o.
管理人コメント
結構ノリがいい曲ですね。
参考までに、あまり上手い訳ではないですが、１番だけ紹介します。
キツネは寒い夜に出かけました。
彼は月に光を与えてくれるように祈りました。
その夜、彼が町に着くまでに何マイルも進むのに。
その夜、彼が町に着くまでに何マイルも進むのに。
どうやらキツネは町でガチョウを盗み出し、家に戻って子供たちと夕食にしたようです。
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注）歌詞は若干違うようです。