【作曲·人声本家】The U.S.S. Laffey拉菲之歌——记瓜岛夜战81周年

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这是1943年刊登在美国报纸上的拉菲的颂歌，本次由我谱曲歌唱。
或许她的精神也在她逝去之后鼓舞着美国许多的驱逐舰人。
作词：H. I. Philips
作曲/曲绘/人声：YorktownCV-5
编曲/后期/视频：AnnyJulyP

歌词：When the long, hard wars are over,
And the smoke has cleared away,
They will still talk of the Laffey—
And the night she made’em pay；
Just a game US destroyer,
She tore in against a bunch
Of the huskiest opponents
And she gave’em punch for punch!
 
There were battleships and cruisers,
All around her aft and fore…
What to do? There was one answer—
Go in swinging from the floor!
It was death, and well she knew it,
And she never had a chance，
But before the foemen got her,
How she kicked ’em in the pants!
 
First she charged a heavy cruiser;
As she grazed it by ten feet,
She was like a blooming taxi
In a reckless driving meet.
She got in at such close quarters
That her startled, dizzy foe
Thought it couldn’t be authentic,
And might be a picture show.
 
Then some dreadnoughts she encounterd—
‘Twas enough to raise her hairs,
But the Laffey had a system—
She just took them on in pairs!...
Enemy destroyers also
Came to join the growing din,
But she just roared down the alley
And yelled “Set them up again!”
 
Bulldog in a cage of lions—
What a mess of’em she made!
Yes, she had to die to do it,
But the lady made the grade!
There were no laughs on the Laffey;
Grim and bitter was the show—
But I figure there is laughter
Where the great, stout-hearted go.
John Paul Jones and Captain Lawrence—
Farragut and Fighting Bob—
I can hear their laughter ringing
As they greet each Laffey gob;
Not the laughter of amusement—
Not the laughter of good fun—
But the laughter of the valiant
When the bitter job’s well done!