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屯馬~開通~真的~很興奮 《綠袖子》成考生惡夢26年 原來佢係始作俑者?!

我最怕一再想起 ——「屯馬~開通~真的~很興奮」,因為一聽見這個旋律,就知道會被洗腦洗足全日,難以擺脫。鐵路迷羅同學於屯馬綫通車當日大展歌喉,誠意演譯這首改編自英國民謠《綠袖子》(Greensleeves)的「屯馬之歌」,引起大家熱烈討論,相信除了是被他的熱情感動之外,更是勾起不少回憶,畢竟《綠袖子》自 1995 年英文聆聽測驗首次由香港電台作廣播起,一直是考評局背景音樂,經歷過會考、A Level、DSE,直至今時今日已經 26 年。

 

這一首英國民謠,有傳是是英格蘭國王亨利八世(1491年-1547 年)作給其第二任妻子安妮 · 博林王后的歌曲,講述了一位君王愛上平民女孩的故事,但這一切都無人證實,《綠袖子》的作曲家至今無人知曉。那為什麼它會成為全港學生的惡夢?就要問過「綠袖子之父」,當時選用《綠袖子》的考評局副秘書長 Rex King 京力士,他指出,「我們不能選流行曲或古典音樂,所以要選介乎兩者之間,旋律又簡單的音樂」,而「調子非常簡單的」《綠袖子》就此當選,並一直沿用至今。

 

中學生涯聽足 6 年,就算未聽過原版歌詞,相信你都會自動識唱 —— 

Alas, my love, you do me wrong

To cast me off discourteously

And I have loved you oh so long

Delighting in your company

Alas, my love, you do me wrong

To cast me off discourteously

And I have loved you oh so long

Delighting in your company

Greensleeves was all my joy

Greensleeves was my delight

Greensleeves was my heart of gold

And who but my lady greensleeves

Well, I will pray to God on high

That thou my constancy mayst see

And that yet once before I die

Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me

Greensleeves was all my joy

Greensleeves was my delight

Greensleeves was my heart of gold

And who but my lady greensleeves

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu

To God I pray to prosper thee

For I am still thy lover true

Come once again and love me

Come once again and love me

And love me

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