2023-11-10 17:01:06流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(1184) Yes Ma'am ( He Found Me in a Honky Tonk )

此首《Yes Ma'am ( I Found Her in a Honky Tonk )》為美國鄉村男哥手Glenn Barber所寫,並於1970錄唱,之後收錄在其1972的專輯《The Best of Glenn Barber》中及作為單曲發行,獲得鄉村榜第67名。女歌手Leona Williams和Glenn Barber為同家唱片公司,想來因這層關係,也在1970錄唱及作單曲發行,由於主唱者性別不同,將歌名與歌詞內容做了調整,可惜單曲未能入榜。



Leona Williams曾參與「礦工的女兒」Loretta Lynn的巡演樂隊擔任Bass手及合音。70年代中期,她也加入Merle Haggard的巡演樂隊The Strangers。1978 - 1983,Leona Williams成為Haggard第3任的妻子。Leona Williams在其歌唱生涯成績最佳的歌曲是她和Haggard合唱的《The Bull and the Beaver》( 1978 / #8 ),不過,她卻替Haggard寫過兩首冠軍曲。

 

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2013,Leona Williams將其過去所唱過的82首歌曲合出了 ( 3CD ),名稱即訂為「Yes Ma'am ( He Found Me in a Honky Tonk )」,可見她對此曲的喜愛。Leona Williams絕對是位實力派的歌手,但在鄉村歌壇卻未得到對等的名聲,此3CD發行後,知名歌手包含有Willie Nelson、George Jones、Vince Gill、Tanya Tucker與Rhonda Vincent均給予肯定與推崇,對Leona Williams來說,除了是大大的鼓勵,應也可聊表安慰了。

此曲內容說的是,對方在小酒館認識自己,顯然自己的條件差對方許多,雖然自卑,但仍向對方的母親表明自己是真愛,冀望獲得認同,否則還是會回歸原來的自己。其實在目前的社會,只要當事男女真心相愛,應該是任誰也阻攔不了。

此為2020的現場影音,Leona Williams已77歲了。

Yes ma'am he found me in a honky-tonk
And I'm sure I'm not the kind of girl
You’d want your son to know
Yes ma'am I know you think that it's all wrong
And if he felt the way you do
I'd go back where I belong
Yes I know he deserves the best
And there's better girls than me
And please don't quarrel with me
I love him can't you see
Yes ma'am he met me where the lights are low
And I've seen the other side of town
Where good girls shouldn't go
Yes I know he deserves the best
And there's better girls than me
And please don't quarrel with me
I love him can't you see
Yes ma'am I partied with a crazy crowd
But someone just like your lovin' son
Helped to show me how
Yes someone just like your lovin' son
Helped to show me how