今天需要把电脑硬盘的空间腾出来，只好把移动硬盘的东西删了，然后移过去。这个移动硬盘里面基本都是春田的照片和视频，把大视频都删了，其中找到一段，是在Dr.Olen Greer家烧烤的。当时没想到平常严肃的Dr.Greer是个多才多艺的人，拿吉它就给大家唱了几首，其中就有这首《Thank God, I am a country boy》。
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Thank God I’m A Country Boy
Words：john martin sommers
Music：john martin sommers
This song appears on thirteen albums, and was first released on the back home again album. it has also been released on the greatest hits vol 2, favourites, voice of america, the rocky mountain
Ction, the country roads collection and changes albums. it has been recorded for the love again album. live versions appear on the an evening with john denver, live in london, country classics,
Ery best of john denver (double cd) and live at the syney opera house albums.
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain’t much an old country boy like me can’t hack
It’s early to rise, early in the sack
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin’ me a family and workin’ on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun’s comin’ up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain’t nothin’ but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i’m a country boy
When the work’s all done and the sun’s settlin’ low
I pull out my fiddle and i rosin up the bow
The kids are asleep so i keep it kinda low
Thank god i’m a country boy
I’d play ※sally goodin’§ all day if i could
But the lord and my wife wouldn’t take it very good
So i fiddle when i could, work when i should
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun’s comin’ up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain’t nothin’ but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well i wouldn’t trade my life for diamonds and jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
Iid rather have my fiddle and my farmin’ tools
Thank god i’m a country boy
Yeah, city folk drivin’ in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin’ that’s mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what i mean
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun’s comin’ up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain’t nothin’ but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddy’s till the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
Said, ※live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank god you’re a country boy
My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank god i’m a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun’s comin’ up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain’t nothin’ but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i’m a country boy
Thank god i’m a country boy
美国的小孩从小就会有这方面的教育，但是似乎是按照兴趣来发展的，不想国内填鸭的教育反而让孩子反感。这些soft skill对孩子未来的发展很有帮助，不想我们这一代，一直都后悔当年怎么没有这个机会学习。
这首歌每段落都是以Thank god i’m a country boy结尾，以调侃自己的方式讲述乡村的生活，悠闲、舒适、满足，远离城市的繁华和尘嚣。
这个时代，乡村正不断被都市侵蚀。土地的变迁还在其次，更多的是心灵的侵蚀，越来越多的人在追求都市的繁华和喧嚣的同时，关于乡村天云的印象也越来越淡漠。 然而，当我们站在都市人影重叠的街头，当我们闭目聆听我们内心的音乐时，仍旧能清晰地听到一个人的声音，一个明亮、纯净、永远生长在乡村的意象之上的声音——那个人，就是John Denver，乡村民谣的守护者大约很多喜欢乡村音乐的朋友都记得这首歌，Leaving on a jet plane。1997年10月12日，john denver在加利弗尼亚海边，驾着他的私人飞机，触崖坠海，飘然而去，就象他在这首歌里唱的那样：
I’m leaving on a jet plane，
I don’t know when i’ll be back again
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Leaving On A Jet Plane
John Denver
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go
I’m standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking, it’s early morn’
The taxi’s waiting, he’s blowing his horn
Already I’m so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go
There’s so many times I’ve let you down
So many times I’ve played around
I tell you now, they don’t mean a thing
Every place I go I think of you
Every song I sing I’ll sing for you
When I come back, I’ll wear your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh let me kiss you
And close your eyes and I’ll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won’t have to leave alone
About the times that I won’t have to say
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go
I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go
END……..
乘喷气客机离开
我的行囊已经打好，
即将离开我正站在你的你的门前
不愿将你惊醒，
不愿与你道别
但是已经破晓，
早晨已经来到
出租车正在门外等候，
喇叭不断鸣响
我是如此孤单，
几乎死去
来吻我，
来对我微笑
告诉我你会等我
握住我的手，
就像你永远不会让我离开
我将乘喷气客机离开
不知何时归来
宝贝，我真的不想走……
无数次令你失望无数次我在周围游玩
我想告诉你，
那些什么都不算
每去一个地方我都会想你
每一首歌都是为你而唱
当我回来，
我会带回给你的婚戒
来吻我，
来对我微笑
告诉我你会等我
握住我的手，
就像你永远不会让我离开
我将乘喷气客机离开
不知何时归来
宝贝，我真的不想走……
现在到了离开你的时候了
请让我再次吻你 然后闭上你的眼睛，
我就要出发憧憬未来的日子 我不用再孤身离开
对于时间，我真的不想再说什么了
来吻我，来对我微笑
告诉我你会等我
握住我的手，就像你永远不会让我离开
我将乘喷气客机离开
不知何时归来
宝贝，我真的不想走……
但是真的到我乘喷气客机离开的时候了
不知什么时候才能回来
我不想走，宝贝，我不想走。