图书俱乐部200710期图书 Brighter Vision Books 200710
秋到绿叶公园 Greenleaf Park
前一阵瑷玛突然对爸爸身上一件体恤衫感起兴趣来，追问体恤图案和上面的字是什么、怎么念。爸爸告诉她上面画是一条河，写着“Shenandoah（谢尔南多）”，是好久以前爸妈去Blue Ridge（蓝岭）爬山时买的，因为那里有条河叫“Shenandoah River（谢尔南多河）”。瑷玛后来念念不忘，常常提起Blue Ridge和Shenandoah来，似乎学到一个非常重要而有趣的知识。没错，Blue Ridge和Shenandoah对瑷玛来说，的确很重要，是不可不知的。因为瑷玛正是出生在这座山岭和这条河流近旁，可谓故乡山水。爸爸于是告诉了更多关于Blue Ridge和Shenandoah的事，还告诉她瑷玛自己也跟爸妈上过两次Blue Ridge，只是还没见过Shenandoah River。
想到此，爸爸不禁为女儿唱起了一首歌，一首对爸爸和妈妈来说都十分亲切的美国民歌。二十多年前，爸爸上大学时曾把这首歌唱给自己的同学，妈妈当时就在其中，妈妈说至今都还记得很清楚。这首歌的名字叫做Take Me Home Country Roads，就是专门歌唱Blue Ridge和Shenandoah River，歌唱West Virginia（西弗吉尼亚），等同于歌唱瑷玛的家乡。神的指引如此神奇，如今瑷玛和爸爸妈妈果然就生活在歌中的蓝岭脚下、谢尔南多河近旁。
如今，瑷玛已可以跟随爸爸唱出大半这首曲调和歌词都有点复杂的美国民歌。每每唱到“West Virginia”瑷玛似乎都颇显自豪似的提高一下嗓门，大概因为她早就从地图上熟悉了这个地方。而且，瑷玛对“Mountain Mamma（大山妈妈）”这句歌词非常感兴趣，似乎觉得它神奇又亲切，因为瑷玛一直非常钟爱小石头，爸爸告诉她说：小石头的妈妈，就是这个Mountain Mamma。喜欢了这么久的小石头，瑷玛终于知道了它们的妈妈是谁，只要一提起这句歌词就特别兴奋。如果把故乡比作广义的母亲，这个Mountain Mamma，这蓝岭、谢尔南多河、弗吉尼亚的大地山川与河流，正是哺育瑷玛成长的母亲。
《乡村之路》 (约翰·丹佛 演唱)
引用
TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
by Bill Danoff, Taffy Danoff and John Denver
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River.
Life is old there,
Older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains
Growin' like a breeze.
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
All my memories gathered 'round her,
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine,
Teardrop in my eye.
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me,
Radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
Copyright 1971 by Cherry Lane Music
From the album "Greatest Hits" - John Denver
by Bill Danoff, Taffy Danoff and John Denver
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River.
Life is old there,
Older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains
Growin' like a breeze.
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
All my memories gathered 'round her,
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine,
Teardrop in my eye.
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me,
Radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
Copyright 1971 by Cherry Lane Music
From the album "Greatest Hits" - John Denver
2007/10/05 22:49 | 
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一首是Bon jov的《Thank you for loving me》，一首是Brian Hylan的《Sealed With A Kiss》。
另一首就是这首《take me home, country roads 》。
能生活在一个自己曾经喜欢的歌曲描述的地方，是一件多么浪漫的事情啊。
太幸福了。
看到楼上安比妈妈在听山茱萸解答疑问，想到了山茱萸兄也曾经指导过我加音乐，
呵呵，在遥远的美国提供技术支持，真是好人啊，哈哈
关于上帝指引命运，山茱萸感受良多。
一个人得到的快乐固然叫快乐，令众人分享到快乐叫幸福，即所谓有幸。
可惜我连想放段音乐进博文都不行，不好意思，可以再教教我吗？
别客气。早前曾试着在安比日记留言里告诉你怎么贴音乐都不成功，才发现新浪系统会自动删除含有代码的留言。
贴音乐很简单的，只用把下面这段代码拷贝进你日记，然后用你的音乐所在的“网址”替换掉下面的“http://lunaremma.com/emmablog/ohgaku/Classic/FromTheNewWorld-Dvorak.mp3”就实现了（注意拷贝代码前先要选择“显示代码”那个勾），试试看：
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