Black Waters-Jean Ritchie

[ti:Black Waters] [ar:Jean Ritchie] [al:Clear Waters Remembered] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Black Waters (黑色水域) - Jean Ritchie [00:05.62]I come from the mountains kentucky's my home [00:10.24] [00:10.82]Where the wild deer and black bear so lately did roam [00:14.59] [00:16.01]By the cool rushing waterfall the wildflowers dream [00:21.65] [00:22.74]And through every green valley there runs a clear stream [00:27.67] [00:28.42]Now there's scenes of destruction on every hand [00:32.89] [00:33.71]And only black waters run down through my land [00:38.11] [00:39.42]Sad scenes of destruction on every hand [00:44.46] [00:45.96]Black waters black waters run down through my land [00:50.85] [00:58.16]Well the quail she's a pretty bird and she sings a sweet tongue [01:02.20] [01:03.23]In the roots of tall timber she nests with her young [01:07.08] [01:08.42]The the hillside explodes with the dynamites roar [01:13.18] [01:14.89]And the voice of the small bird is heard there no more [01:19.90] [01:20.92]And the mountain comes a sliding so awful and grand [01:24.91] [01:26.18]And the flooding black waters rise over my land [01:29.90] [01:31.43]Sad scenes of destruction on every hand [01:36.61] [01:37.95]Black waters black waters run down through my land [01:42.65] [01:49.99]In the coming of springtime we planted our corn [01:53.98] [01:55.11]In the ending of springtime we buried our son [01:59.20] [02:00.33]In the summer come a nice man saying everything's fine [02:05.07] [02:06.89]My employer just requires a way to his mine [02:11.54] [02:12.51]Then they tore down my mountain and covered my corn [02:16.49] [02:18.01]Now the grave on the hillside 's a mile deeper down [02:22.14] [02:23.25]And the man stands a talking with his hat in his hand [02:27.34] [02:28.52]While the poison black waters rise over my land [02:32.39] [02:35.88]Sad scenes of destruction on every hand [02:40.77] [02:42.32]Black waters black waters run down through my land [02:46.91] [02:54.28]Well i ain't got no money not much of a home [02:58.04] [02:59.25]I own my own land but my land's not my own [03:03.15] [03:04.34]But if i had ten million somewheres thereabout [03:08.44] [03:10.86]Well i'd buy perry county and throw them all out [03:15.73] [03:16.59]And just sit down on the banks with my bait and my can [03:20.55] [03:21.52]And watch the clear waters run down through my land [03:26.07] [03:27.00]Well wouldn't that be just like the old promised land [03:31.30] [03:33.57]Black waters black waters no more in my land