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[这个贴子最后由左岸的咖啡在 2005/09/21 04:23pm 第 2 次编辑]

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看过[虎口脱险]电影的人,也许还记得这样的场景————在雾气蒙蒙的土耳其浴室里,俩秃瓢小老头跪在地上象蟑螂似地爬来爬去,嘴吧里还哼叽叽地唱着“鸳鸯茶,鸳鸯茶,你爱我来我爱他……”,吧唧——咣,两灯泡似的脑壳儿象干杯似地撞在一起,回想起来都会忍俊不禁。一战后,美国的一些通俗歌曲就开始逐渐取代了欧洲的艺术歌曲及民歌,而开始风行全球。1925年,作曲家VINCENT YOUMANS在美国为百老汇写了一部音乐剧《NO,NO,NANETTE》,其中一首歌《鸳鸯茶》随即不胫而走,不久便成了家弦户诵,人人皆唱的流行曲子而迅速风靡全球——摇曳的爵士节奏,玩世的旋律,美国式的配器。这是首轻松快乐的曲子,听了会不经意的身心愉悦。
Picture me upon your knee
Tea for two
And two for tea
Me for you
And you for me alone
Nobody near us to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations,
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone, dear...
Day will break and I'll Gonna wake,
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys can see.
We'll raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Can't you see how happy we would
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