文本歌词

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: 'You Sailed Your Boat' - Owen Brannigan/Peter Pears/Lauris Elms/David Kelly/Claire Watson/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten
Lyrics by：Montagu Slater|George Crabbe
Composed by：Benjamin Britten
You sailed your boat round the coast
With the intention of putting in at London
Why did you do this
We'd caught a huge catch
Too big to sell here
And the boy died on the way
The wind turned against us blew us off our course
We ran out of drinking water
How long were you at sea
Three days
What happened next
He died lying there among the fish
What did you do
Threw them all overboard set sail for home
You mean you threw the fish overboard
When you landed did you call for help
I called Ned Keene
The apothecary here
Was there anybody else called
Somebody brought the parson
You mean the Rector Mr Horace Adams
All right Mr Adams
Was there a certain amount of excitement
Bob Boles started shouting
There was a scene in the village street
From which you were rescued by our landlady
Yes by auntie
We don't call her that here
You then took to abusing a respectable lady
Answer me
You shouted abuse at a certain person
Say who say who say who
Mrs Sedley here
I don't like interferers
When women gossip the result
Is someone doesn't sleep at night
Sleep at night
Sleep at night
Sleep at
Sleep at
Sleep
Silence
Sleep at night
Silence
Now tell me this
Who helped you carry the boy home
The schoolmistress the widow Mrs Ellen Orford
Silence
And then can't tell the truth from lies
Truth from lies
Truth from lies
Mrs Orford as the schoolmistress the widow
How did you come into this
I did what I could to help
Why should you help this kind of fellow-callous
Brutal and coarse
There's something here perhaps in your favour
I' m told you rescued the boy from drowning
In the March storms
Have you something else to say
No
Then I have