"大亨小傳"--學而時習之,不亦樂乎

我近期買了一本喬志高2001年底出的"大亨小傳"中譯本增訂本, 我是在大學時期(1985年)讀Fitzgerald的原文書, 他這個版本增加不少註釋, 的確可以幫助我們這些非Native Speaker的讀者,我注意到他在註釋中解釋的幾首樂曲, 可以更增加我們這本經典的瞭解,這些樂曲在我們觀賞電影版的時候,也不一定會注意.

而我透過網路找到這些歌曲, 希望能夠幫助我們在閱讀這本書時,更能融入它的情境...
但是因為音樂檔案的體積太大, 我把它們上傳到網路免費空間, 你只要點選以下的超連結,就可以下載我上傳的那些音樂檔....


1. The Sheik of Araby (Chapter 4)
Jordan Baker 跟書中主角Nick Carraway 透露 Gatsby及Daisy過往的一段情,
中央公園中的女孩們哼唱著這首歌,
"我是阿拉伯酋長, 你的愛屬於我,
當你沈睡時, 我偷偷爬進你的帳蓬"

2. The Love Nest (Chapter 5)
Gatsby的"房客" Klipspringer 為Gatsby及Daisy演奏的曲子

3. Ain't We Got Fun? (Chapter 5)
Gatsby的 "房客" Klipspringer 在彈奏 The Love Nest 之後, Gatsby 命令 Klipspringer 演奏這首"Ain't We Got Fun?"來表達他與Daisy重逢快樂的心情.

4. 3 o'clock in the morning (Chapter 6)
Daisy與Tom首次造訪Gatsby的豪華宴會, Gatsby在瞭解Daisy並不喜歡他招待的賓客,送Daisy回家之後, 他的豪邸裡流瀉出這首曲子的音樂.

5.The Beale Street Blues (Chapter 8)
在車禍發生的次日清晨, Nick到Gatsby家, Gatsby首次將他與Daisy 戀情的過程親自告訴Nick, Daisy當時認識不少軍官, 她們家裡就一直飄送這種曲子的Sax演奏曲

6. The Rosary(Chapter) (它是Midi檔案)
The Rosary是天主教的玫瑰經,而在此書中卻是Gatsby被槍殺後, Nick到紐約去找黑道大亨Meyer Wolfshiem, 希望他能夠來協助或參與Gatsby的葬禮時, 他派出一個女人來拒絕來客, 他卻在屋裡
哼著 Robert Cameron Rogers 作詞的 Rosary, 一邊手拿著天主教的唸珠, 一邊想著女人.

7. sardines-in-the-box (chapter 5)
它是一種類似躲迷藏的遊戲,躲迷藏的玩法是一個人當鬼, 其他人都各自找地方躲地方,由這個鬼將躲藏的人一一找出來, 而擠沙丁魚的玩法則是反過來, 只有一個人必須先躲起來, 如果是在室內晚間玩的話,就必須先把室內所有的燈關掉, 讓這個扮鬼的人找地方躲起來, 其他人則一起從某個數字倒數, 數完之後,其他的人把燈打開,開始找藏起來的鬼,而找到鬼的人並不需要大聲喧嘩,反而是靜悄悄地跟鬼擠在他原來躲藏的地方,直到最後一個人找到所有擠在一起的鬼們, 遊戲才算結束...


1.The Sheik of Araby
Fats Waller
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230324
The Beatles
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230335

Lyrics
Well I'm the sheik of Araby
Your love belongs to me.
Well at night where you're asleep,
Into your tent I'll creep.
The stars that shine above
Will light our way to love.
You rule this world with me,
I'm the sheik of Araby.

Well I'm the sheik of Araby,
Your love belongs to me.
Oh at night where you're asleep,
Into your tent I'll creep.

The sun that shines above
Will light our way to love.
You rule this world with me,
I'm the sheik of Araby.
Well I'm the sheik of Araby,
Well I'm the sheik of Araby, yeah.

2.The Love Nest
http://www.badongo.com/file/7231409

Lyrics:
Just a love nest
Cozy and warm
Like a dove breast
Down on the farm
A veranda with some sort of clinging vine
Or a kitchen where some rambling roses twine
In a small room
Tea set of blue
Best of all room
Dream room for two
Better than a palace with a guilded dome
Is a love nest you can call home

3."Ain't We Got Fun?"
music
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230248
Doris Day
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230317

Lyrics: Ain't We Got Fun?
Every morning
Every evening
Ain't we got fun
Not much money
Oh, but honey
Ain't we got fun
The rent's unpaid, dear
We haven't a bus
But smiles were made, dear
For people like us

In the winter
In the summer
Don't we have fun
Times are bum and getting bummer
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get children
In the meantime
In between time
Ain't we got fun

Every morning, every evening
Don't we got fun
Twins and cares, dear
Come in pairs, dear
Don't we have fun
We've only started
As mommer and pop
Are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not
Landlords mad and getting madder
Ain't we got fun
Times are bad and getting badder
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
In the meantime
In between time
Ain't we got fun

Night or day-time
It's all play-time
Ain't we got fun
Hot or cold days
Any old days
Ain't we got fun
If wifie wishes
To go to a play
Don't wash the dishes
Just throw them away
Street car seats are awful narrow
Ain't we got fun
They won't smash up our Pierce Arrow
We ain't got none
They've cut my wages
Income tax will be so much smaller
When I'm paid off
I'll be laid off
Ain't we got fun

Lyrics by Richard A. Whiting, Raymond Egan and Gus Kahn.

4. 3 o'clock in the morning
Paul Whiteman
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230409

5. The Beale Street Blues
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230940

6. The Rosary
http://www.badongo.com/file/7230820

By Robert Cameron Rogers

THE HOURS I spent with thee, dear heart,
Are as a string of pearls to me;
I count them over, every one apart,
My rosary.

Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayer, 5
To still a heart in absence wrung;
I tell each bead unto the end and there
A cross is hung.

Oh memories that bless—and burn!
Oh barren gain—and bitter loss! 10
I kiss each bead, and strive at last to learn
To kiss the cross,
Sweetheart,
To kiss the cross.