Housewife's Lament-The Hit Co.

[ti:Housewife's Lament] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:Sensational Standards: Jazz and Vocal Classics, Vol. 4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Housewife's Lament - The Hit Co. (热歌公司) [00:10.54]One day I was walking, I heard a complaining [00:14.00]And saw an old woman the picture of gloom [00:18.16]She gazed at the mud on her doorstep ('twas raining) [00:21.91]And this was her song as she wielded her broom [00:27.25]Life is a trial and love is a trouble [00:31.22]Beauty will fade and riches will flee [00:35.30]Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double [00:38.88]And nothing is as I would wish it to be [00:43.95]It's sweeping at six and it's dusting at seven [00:47.91]It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at nine [00:51.52]It's potting and panning form ten to eleven [00:55.27]We scarce break our fast till we plan how to dine [00:59.07]With grease and with grime from corner to center [01:03.05]Forever at war and forever alert [01:06.62]No rest for a day lest the enemy enter [01:10.36]I spend my whole life in struggle with dirt [01:15.56]Life is a trial and love is a trouble [01:19.34]Beauty will fade and riches will flee [01:23.46]Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double [01:26.25]And nothing is as I would wish it to be. [01:48.30]Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever [01:52.41]On a far little rock in the midst of the sea [01:56.47]My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor [02:00.48]To sweep off the waves as they swept over me [02:04.82]Alas! Twas no dream; ahead I behold it [02:08.87]I see I am helpless my fate to avert [02:13.28]She lay down her broom, her apron she folded [02:17.09]She lay down and died and was buried in dirt. [02:22.21]Life is a trial and love is a trouble [02:26.18]Beauty will fade and riches will flee [02:30.63]Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double [02:34.72]And nothing is as I would wish it to be.