分享一首老歌
2008/4/26 郭健二
日前一位熱心網友送來幾首 You Tube的老歌，其中有一首 ”Peter, Paul & Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone”
讓我一聽再聽，聽到眼眶泛紅，也把我帶回那段喜愛流行歌曲的年輕歲月，看到影片中的三人，外貌與40年前相較，令人真有歲月不饒人的感慨，儘管他們青春不再蒼老已現，但歌聲依舊動人心弦，Mary還拄著拐杖出席演唱，對於他們近半世紀的友誼及對音樂的熱愛，我心中除了感動還有一分敬意。
再看看老中青三代的觀眾，一面聆聽一面忘情地附和著演唱者的歌聲，其中還有年長的歌迷拭著淚水，台上台下情感交流融為一體，最後全體觀眾起立致敬，整個畫面給人無比的溫馨。
這首歌曲出版於1961年，作曲者: Pete. Seeger，從 [花] 到年輕人死於戰場，以及墳墓上的獻花，在故事的循環發展中，宣揚愛與和平，表達了當年反戰的思想，是一首民謠藝術家最喜歡的歌曲，1962年暢銷於美國，1964年風靡了日本。
我知道網友中不論是年長的或是年輕的朋友，如同Mary所說的：從80歲到8歲，對這首歌曲都知之甚稔，雖然是一首老歌，但既有網友送來，無妨與朋友們分享。
美好的事物，是歷久彌新，是永恆不朽的!
我看到這三位歌者從年輕合唱到年老，近50年的歲月一晃而逝，我不禁的想起 李白感嘆生命短暫的文句:
【夫天地者，萬物之逆旅；光陰者，百代之過客；而浮生若夢，為歡幾何？】
浮生若夢，今夜為歡幾何? 且讓我們共賞這首老歌
Peter, Paul & Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLe9pJSRas0
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
