<>......《The Mummers' Dance 艺者之舞》最先让人注意到的是风笛,隐约的,延绵在背景里,好象是</P><>从记忆里缓缓而来的风。而鼓声接踵而至,各种各样的鼓被统一成一个印象,不徐不缓,不紧不</P><>慢,却永不停息,推着人跟随它前进舞蹈。整首曲子由这两种乐器形成主要旋律,而偶尔出现的</P><>小提琴与吉它,好象是突然跳出人群中的独舞,又象是灵机一动错出的一个花步。而 Loreena </P><>McKennitt 的吟唱,把它们织成一个网,将聆听者着笼罩......</P><>[MP=400,30,true]http://www.stulib.com.cn/ewebedit/UploadFile/2006923193958582.wma[/MP]</P><><IMG src="http://www.walkcat.com/upload/mummer.jpg"></P><>when in the springtime of the year<BR> when the trees are crowned with leaves<BR> when the ash and oak, and the birch and yew<BR> are dressed in ribbons fair<BR> when owls call the breathless moon<BR> in the blue veil of the night<BR> the shadows of the trees appear<BR> amidst the lantern light<BR> we‘ve been rambling all the night<BR> and some time of this day<BR> now returning back again<BR> we bring a garland gay<BR> who will go down to those shady groves<BR> and summon the shadows there<BR> and tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms<BR> in the springtime of the year<BR> the songs of birds seem to fill the wood<BR> that when the fiddler plays<BR> all their voices can be heard<BR> long past their woodland days<BR> we‘ve been rambling all the night<BR> and some time of this day<BR> now returning back again<BR> we bring a garland gay<BR> and so they linked their hands and danced<BR> round in circles and in rows<BR> and so the journey of the night descends<BR> when all the shades are gone<BR> "a garland gay we bring you here<BR> and at your door we stand<BR> it is a sprout well budded out<BR> the work of our lord‘s hand"<BR> we‘ve been rambling all the night<BR> and some time of this day<BR> now returning back again<BR> we bring a garland gay<BR> we‘ve been rambling all the night<BR> and some time of this day<BR> now returning back again<BR> we bring a garland gay</P>