美國鄉村樂天后［桃莉芭頓］事業早期代表作──中板鄉村曲──〔Joshua／約書亞〕

 

 

Well, a good ways down the railroad track
There was this little old rundown shack
And in it lived a man Id never seen
Folks said he was a mean and a vicious man
And you better not set foot on his land
But I didnt think nobody could be that mean

So I took me out walking down the railroad track
I was a-gonna go down to that little old shack
And just find out if all them things Id heard was true
There was a big black dog laying out in the yard
And it growled at me and I swallowed hard
And I heard somebody say, "well, who are you?"
Oh, and there he stood in the door of that shack
And his beard and his hair was long and black
And he was the biggest man Id ever seen

When he spoke his voice was low and deep
But he just didnt frighten me
Cause somehow I just knew he wasnt mean
He said, "What you doing snooping round my place?"
Then I saw a smile come across his face
So I smiled back and I told him who I was
He said come on in and pull you up a chair
You might as well since you already here
And he said, "You can call me Joshua"

Joshua, Joshua
Whatcha doing living here all alone?
Joshua, Joshua
Aint you got nobody to call your own?
No no, no no

We talked til the sun was clean out of sight
And we still talkin when it come daylight
And there was just so much we had to say
Id spent my life in an orphans home
And just like him I was all alone
So I said, "Yeah, " when he asked if Id stay
Oh, we grew closer as time went on
And that little old shack it was a happy home
And we just couldnt help but fall in love
That big black dog and that little old shack
Sitting down by the railroad track
Its plenty good enough for me and Joshua

Joshua, Joshua
Why youre just what Ive been looking for
Joshua, Joshua
You aint gonna be lonesome anymore
No no

Yodel-a-he-ho la-he-he-he-he-he
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua, yeah yeah
Me and Joshua

 

 

 

 

１９７０年１１月，２４歲半的美國鄉村樂天后桃莉芭頓（Dolly Parton）推出單曲〔Joshua／約書亞〕，

歌曲由桃莉芭頓創作，講述一個充滿冒險精神的年輕女孩，她大膽地拜訪一位以冷酷無情著稱的隱居鄉紳。然而，女孩最終發現他並非如此，並決定留在他身邊。

Bob Ferguson製作成一首中板鄉村曲，

節奏輕快，旋律琅琅上口．

這首歌融入芭頓童年時期在阿巴拉契亞地區的許多元素，這些元素在她之後的音樂生涯中也反覆出現。

 

〔Joshua〕登上Billboard副榜──鄉村單曲榜后座＃１（1971年度#25），是桃莉首次封后的歌曲

Billboard單曲榜外＃１０８．

Cashbox鄉村單曲榜＃２．

 

 

〔Joshua〕收錄在１９７１年４月推出，與單曲同名的第７張大碟〔Joshua／約書亞〕（RCA Victor出版）

由Bob Ferguson製作，樂評良好．

大碟升到Billboard專輯榜＃１９８

分榜──鄉村專輯榜＃１６（1974年度#35），

加拿大鄉村專輯榜＃２４．

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFobROlmWxI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul0QCa2z88

 

(Dolly TV Series 1976)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wbgkJAWkjQ

 

TV 1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLlyrkIWZos

 

TV 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDt1mR5OLjs