kenneth williams《Little Jim》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:00.28]Little Jim Edward Farmer) - Kenneth Williams [00:00.79]The cottage was a thatch'd one [00:02.52]The outside old and mean [00:04.65]Yet everything within that cot [00:06.65]Was wondrous neat and clean [00:09.68]The night was dark and stormy [00:11.28]The wind was howling wild [00:12.89]A patient mother knelt beside [00:15.20]The death bed of her child [00:17.91]A little worn-out creature [00:19.66]His once bright eyes grown dim [00:22.50]It was a collier's only child [00:24.81]They called him Little Jim [00:27.73]And oh to see the briny tears [00:29.90]Fast hurrying down her cheeks [00:31.69]As she offer'd up a prayer in thought [00:34.78]She was afraid to speak [00:36.71]Lest she might waken one she loved [00:38.91]Far better than her life [00:40.72]For there was all a mother's love [00:42.56]In that poor collier's wife [00:45.33]With hands uplifted see she kneels [00:47.37]Beside the sufferer's bed [00:48.96]And prays that He will spare her boy [00:52.15]And take herself instead [00:54.72]She gets her answer from the child [00:56.91]Soft fell these words from him [01:00.50]Mother the angels do so smile [01:02.91]And beckon Little Jim [01:04.60]I have no pain dear mother now [01:07.75]But oh I am so dry [01:09.57]Just moisten poor Jim's lips again [01:11.89]And mother don't you cry [01:15.16]With gentle trembling haste she held [01:17.25]The tea-cup to his lips [01:18.67]He smiled to thank her as he took [01:20.70]Three tiny little sips [01:23.24]Tell father when he comes from work [01:25.06]I said goodnight to him [01:27.35]And mother now I'll go to sleep [01:30.45]Alas poor Little Jim [01:32.90]She saw that he was dying [01:34.36]The child she loved so dear [01:36.79]Had uttered the last words that she [01:39.42]Might ever hope to hear [01:42.42]The cottage door was opened [01:44.09]The collier's step is heard [01:45.87]The father and the mother meet [01:47.52]Yet neither speak a word [01:50.41]He knew that all was over [01:52.78]He knew his child was dead [01:55.07]He took the candle in his hand [01:56.96]And walked towards the bed [01:58.96]His quivering lips gave token [02:00.91]Of the grief he'd fain conceal [02:03.27]And see his wife has joined him [02:05.42]The stricken couple kneel [02:07.53]With hearts bowed down with sadness [02:10.03]They humbly ask of him [02:11.70]In heaven once more to meet again [02:15.02]Their own poor Little Jim