Cogito & Microcosmos

廢話不多說，今天就介紹一首好聽的福音。
話說，單就美國音樂，可以分成好多項目，譬如搖滾、爵士、靈魂、藍調、嘻哈等等。其中又有細分，譬如爵士，又分了搖擺、大樂團、紐奧良等等；搖滾也有分硬式搖、藍調搖、迷幻搖、前衛搖、鄉村搖等等。重點不在這啦，重點是，美國音樂還有一個特點，就是有專門唱福音的，在20-50年代的美國，福音音樂可是非常熱門，有好幾個很著名的歌手或者團體，就連鼎鼎大名的貓王先生也很愛唱福音，自豪：「這世界上還沒有哪首福音我是不知道的！」
不過要舉一個最最有名的福音歌手，我想來想去，那就是Mahalia Jackson.
這位Mahalia Jackson生於1912年，死於1972年，是公認最棒的福音歌手，她唱過的曲子多少數不清，連貓王都很崇拜她。著名的曲子有"Where DO I Go But to the Lord?", "Sweet Chariot", "Amazing Grace"等等。
這次放的這首歌，"Oh,Happy Day"也是很著名的福音之一，版本有好幾個，譬如Aretha Franklin, Elivs Presley, Lauren Hill等人都有唱過。
嗯，最有感情的還是屬Mahalia Jackson版的了吧。


Oh, Happy Day

Oh happy day
Oh happy day
Oh happy happy day;
Oh happy dayWhen Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
When Jesus washed
He washed my sins away!
Oh happy day
Oh happy day
Oh happy day
Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
When Jesus washed
He washed my sins away!
Oh happy day
Oh happy day

He taught me how
He taught me
Taught me how to watch
He taught me how to watch
and fight and pray
fight and pray
yes, fight and pray

And he'll rejoice
and He'll, and He'll
rejoice in things we say
and He'll rejoicein things we say
things we say
yes, things we say

Oh happy day, Oh happy day
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
Oh happy day
Oh happy day

Oh happy day, Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
He washed my sins awayHe tought me how
to watch, fight and pray
fight and pray
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
He washed my sins awayWe'll live rejoicing
every day, every day
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
He washed my sins away