文本歌词

Sweet England - Shirley Collins
As I was a walking one morning in spring
To hear the larks whistle and the gully birds sing
I heard a sweet maiden a making a moan
But alas I'm a stranger a long way from home
I came from Sweet England with my mother and dad
And I thought in america all could be had
Of gold and of silver and acres galore
And I'll never meet hunger and poverty more
But alas for Sweet England my father is dead
And my mother can learn but there's little for bread
And I dream as I gaze o'er the far distant
Main
For a fine ship to take me to england again
And the aunt's in the country and she loves me
Amain
She look at and love me as I where her
And nurse her in sickness and tend to her pain
And thank god I was back in Sweet England again
And it's so to be back in Sweet England again