[00:00.000] 作词 : Robert Wilkins
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Robert Wilkins
[00:19.545]Well a poor boy took his father's bread and started down the road
[00:23.924]Started down the road
[00:26.339]Took all he had and started down the road
[00:30.853]Going out in this world, where God only knows
[00:34.913]And that'll be the way to get along
[00:40.026]Well poor boy spent all he had, famine come in the land
[00:44.154]Famine come in the land
[00:46.387]Spent all he had and famine come in the land
[00:50.881]Said, 'I believe I'll go and hire me to some man
[00:55.227]And that'll be the way I'll get along
[01:00.572]Well, man said, 'I'll give you a job for to feed my swine
[01:04.551]For to feed my swine
[01:06.582]I'll give you a job for to feed my swine'“
[01:11.461]Boy stood there and hung his head and cried
[01:15.690]`Cause that is no way to get along
[01:20.536]Said, 'I believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home
[01:24.914]Believe I'll go back home
[01:27.029]Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home
[01:31.642]Or down the road as far as I can go
[01:35.770]And that'll be the way to get along
[01:40.450]Well, father said, 'See my son coming home to me
[01:44.944]Coming home to me'
[01:46.993]Father ran and fell down on his knees
[01:51.372]Said, 'Sing and praise, Lord have mercy on me'“
[01:56.317]Mercy
[02:01.279]Oh poor boy stood there, hung his head and cried
[02:04.892]Hung his head and cried
[02:07.058]Poor boy stood and hung his head and cried
[02:11.636]Said, 'Father will you look on me as a child?
[02:15.515]Yeah
[02:20.394]Well father said, 'Eldest son, kill the fatted calf,
[02:24.839]Call the family round
[02:27.038]Kill that calf and call the family round
[02:31.317]My son was lost but now he is found
[02:35.862]'Cause that's the way for us to get along'“
[02:39.641]Hey