[00:00.000] 作曲 : Eliza Gilkyson[00:07.105]Jedidiah out in the snow[00:10.222]Walkin' the frozen trenchlines[00:13.344]Wet boots and his wool coat comin' apart at the seams.[00:19.853]Rations of hard-baked dough,[00:22.693]Handfuls of melting snow[00:25.527]What else can a man live on but his dreams?[00:31.483][00:32.619]Not twenty miles away,[00:35.167]in the mansions of Philadelphia,[00:37.712]Loyalists lay their money down on the king.[00:44.794]We've provision enough for the day,[00:47.628]but if victory were just for the wealthy[00:50.739]Our noble cause wouldn't be worth the hardship we're suffering.[00:55.843][00:57.545]Send the cloth for a good waistcoat,[01:00.944]I dream of your hearth and the fields of oat.[01:04.615]I awake to the drum and the trembling note of the fifer.[01:11.660]May it please God in His great mercy,[01:15.321]To shelter our friends and our family.[01:18.441]I remain your son most faithfully,[01:22.122]——Jedidiah[01:24.953][01:29.772]I have seen a man, who has seen a man[01:34.021]who has heard the king,[01:36.002]Tell of his intention our independence to declare.[01:43.083]The peace will undoubtedly bring[01:45.922]A great revolution in commerce;[01:48.757]May it be our rightful fortune to come in for a share.[01:55.263][01:55.825]My regards to a certain Miss Moore,[01:59.234]I've stated my honorable intentions for her;[02:02.637]That upon my return from this necessary war she'll be my wife.[02:09.714]May it please God in His great mercy[02:13.394]to restore the joys of domesticity.[02:17.083]Salutations to the family,[02:20.481]——Jedidiah[02:27.003][02:49.370]I rejoice that the cause we're engaged in[02:53.051]is in the hands of an Almighty Sovereign;[02:56.172]Who I doubt not is accomplishing the ends of His desire.[03:03.544]My love to you and the fair Miss Moore;[03:07.505]Spare me a bottle from the cellar store,[03:10.907]and in my name let the contents pour,[03:14.581]——Jedidiah