显然，这首歌歌词有很奇怪的矛盾处对吧? 有监於此，我要再提供另一个关於 Horkstow Grange 这首歌是否真有其事 的反面证据。事实上，这首歌 - 很可能 - 是假的! 不仅人名虚构，连故事都 可能没发生过。 John Ball (不要问我他是谁，我哪ㄟ灾?) 写道: "... [a]s an ardent fan of Grainger and a former North Lincolnshire resident (Keelby, nr Brigg), ... I once worked near Horkstow and Saxby all Saints, where Joseph Taylor is buried, and did some research. My grandfather's family were from the Horkstow area and neither he nor anyone else knew of either of the characters mentioned in 'Horkstow Grange' nor is there, apparently, any local knowledge of them". He also writes: "... when I went to Saxby all Saints about 12 years ago, I met a man from the village who told me that a lady who lived near him was a descendent of Joseph Taylor (grand-daughter, I think) and that she lived near the church". And later again writes: "I've done an electoral register search of North Lincolnshire and there are no records for Bowlin, Bowling or Span. I have looked again at my copy of 'Unto Brigg Fair' and this confirms that there was no local knowledge of the Horkstow Grange characters." 嗯，如果这位 John Ball 的查证属实，那麽 Horkstow Grange 的真假，恐怕 就只有当年唱了这首歌给 Grainger 听的人才知道吧? 如果大家很闲的话，麻烦想想看歌词，想想 Grainger 的笔记，然後试着解 开以下的疑惑: 1. 歌词中的miser (吝啬鬼) 跟 his man (仆人?) 到底是分别指谁? 2. Steeleye Span 跟 Bowling，哪个才是被欺负的人? 3. 根据我在其他地方找到的资料，有些人认为 Span 跟 Bowling 在这场争 吵发生的当天前，并不互相认识 (也就是说”长久欺压”并不成立)。那 麽争吵到底是怎麽发生的? 4. 这个故事的可信性有多高? 文中的矛盾到底可能是因为Grainger抄错、 歌手唱错记错，还是通通都错? p.s. 已经有解答了! 就在...下面 -- In the House of Remaining Snow, We dance and sing, make merry while the days are long. --

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