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第5章 Yankee Doodle扬基·杜多

The enemy all runs away at Yankee Doodle dandy!

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy!

Yankee Doodle

American Folk Song

Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony pony n.小型马v.付清adj.小型的, (新闻)每日摘要的,

Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni macaroni n.[食]通心面, 纨绔子弟.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy dandy n.花花公子adj.服装华丽的, 极好的, 上等的!

敌人见了扬基都会望风而逃。

扬基·杜多,战斗吧!

扬基·杜多,公子哥!

扬基·杜多

美国民歌

扬基·杜多进了城,骑着一匹矮马,

他帽插翎毛,被人唤做纨绔子弟。

扬基·杜多,战斗吧!

扬基·杜多,公子哥!

Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.

Father and I went down to camp along with Captain Gooding.

There were all the men and boys as thick as hasty hasty adj.匆忙的, 草率的 pudding.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Koodle dandy!

Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.

And there was Captain Washington Upon a slapping stallion stallion n.牡马(尤指种马), 留种的雄兽.

Giving orders to his men I guess there were a million.

Yankee Doodle keeps it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy!

听着音乐和着脚步与姑娘共舞。

我和父亲跟着古丁上尉来到军营,

见到熙熙攘攘的人群,往来川流不息。

扬基·杜多,战斗吧!

扬基·杜多,公子哥!

听着音乐和着脚步与姑娘共舞。

看,华盛顿统帅骑在高头大马上,

向战士们发号施令,就出现了千军万马。

扬基·杜多,战斗吧!

扬基·杜多,公子哥!

Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.

Yankee Doodle give a tune, it comes in mighty handy.

The enemy all runs away at Yankee Doodle dandy!

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy!

Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.

听着音乐和着脚步与姑娘们共舞。

扬基·杜多吹着小曲准备大干一场,

敌人见了扬基都会望风而逃。

扬基·杜多,战斗吧!

扬基·杜多,公子哥!

听着音乐和着脚步与姑娘们共舞。

全世界的人只要收听过美国之音的人都熟悉《扬基歌》,因为这首歌的曲调是美国之音的开始曲。但是,这首歌的歌词大约有三百多种,或者说有三百多段。我们这里选的是比较传统,比较流行的一种。它描述了一个农村小伙子观看革命军集合时的情景。歌曲曲调比较简单,轻快,歌词诙谐有趣,形象地反映了美国人民乐观、开朗的性格。