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The MinstrelBoy- to the war has gone 9 I5 Y4 Z0 j9 v1 O2 ~in the ranks of death- you'll- find him ! m8 H/ {; u& t$ n0 m! L) ]* eHis father's sword- he has girded on # |( Y0 G7 o# k$ Q9 r4 o
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And said 'No chains shall- sully thee, % q$ O% S2 C3 B( q7 I2 vThou soul of love and bravery. * Y1 [) V; p) s; W% A/ f% I! [. K% WThy songs were made for the pure and the free, 7 F; h+ P9 P7 a+ k
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的时候,大量爱尔兰人将之视为提升社会地位的机会,因而纷纷入伍为北方军效 ( a! i6 ?* n) {& a* y) @ - v9 n4 v4 I; A$ {) e8 n" O( l力。这时大量歌曲被创作出来,而其中流传最广的,就是这首Minstrel Boy。这也是 + ]6 f' S" Z" R L6 |0 P t1 M- Y. a* n7 g' B& j8 n1 I- Z
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在他27岁的时候,出版了歌曲集Irish Melodies。在Trinity College就读期间,他结识了% k+ y, H" x( d7 \( h: r+ E6 F
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很多爱尔兰共和国的革命者,他们后来发动了1798年的起义,大多数人都死于绞 , M8 G3 d2 c v% {1 u" N/ v # K, `! b- @4 q* l9 d架。而Thomas Moore则在英国的一所法律学校度过余生。 . b+ R7 s/ A' ?9 \9 ~6 i# t4 V# p ' }3 _3 \* Y9 O, w) [( o5 z3 ?' K- Y9 E8 s
他根据爱尔兰古民谣The Moreen创作的歌曲Minstrel Boy脍炙人口,在美国南北军中 % n- d9 e7 i: ]# s5 q: u + e' e% v- B; n( @7 `0 ~都广为传唱。 這首歌為全新錄音並獨家收錄於blackhawk down原聲帶中。2 }; ]6 n5 l5 ~5 h E
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