《Matty》是由愛爾蘭民謠歌手Christy Moore於1997年演唱的敘事民謠，John Mulhearn作詞，收錄於專輯《Collection Part Two》中。作品以愛爾蘭傳統民謠為載體，通過方言敘事呈現社會轉型期的文化圖景。
歌曲講述主人公Matty在寒夜奔赴酒吧途中的離奇遭遇，與神秘"黑暗男子"的相遇和酒吧群體的譏諷交織出虛實交錯的敘事脈絡。凍僵的鐵軌屍體與葬禮揮霍的意象形成隱喻鏈，折射底層人物在冷漠社會中的精神困境。歌詞大量運用愛爾蘭民俗符號如"Curragh Line"鐵路、"pint of porter"黑啤等，結合口語化敘事手法強化地域文化特質，塑造出遊走於現實與幻想邊緣的悲劇形象。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Matty
- 所屬專輯：Collection Part Two
- 歌曲原唱：Christy Moore
- 填詞：John Mulhearn
- 發行日期：1997年4月27日
歌曲歌詞
Matty went out on a frozen night
Making heading for the pub his shoulders hunched up tight
His head down on the railroad track
And his old cow Delia sad lowin‘ him back
He met with a dark and troubled man
As he passed him by called back at him
Hey Matty can‘t you see what‘s become of me
In this country of the blind
The house I‘ve left is dead to me
To me rhyming and my poetry
All I‘ve got is the beat of the stagger
Heading down the Curragh Line
But Matty passed on as quick as he could
He couldn‘t stand such a crooked man sober
All he wanted was the lights of the bar
The Nightingale and the Wild Rover
When he came in
They were sayin he was back
OH did Delia drive you out
With your spoutin‘ and your swearin‘
We don‘t want to hear about Bunker Hayden
Maybe you‘ll sing us the girls of Kinkane
The fear an ti eyed him steadily
As he handed him a pint of porter
You must have seen the bishop‘s ghost tonight
To put the dry look back in your eye
But Matty would not be taken in
By their jibin‘ and their regalin‘
He found himself a fresh blown crew
And fell in with their sportin‘ and their bailin‘
As he was going home in that very same spot
He met his dark familiar
He seen him comin‘ back down the line
And he was bright and strange and fine
As he passed him by Matty threw out his arms
Trying to grab hold of his likeness
In the morning they found his frozen corpse
And the butt of Curragh Line
And at the wake
They were lashin‘ down
The drops of brandy
The old fashioned habit
In the church they were lashin‘ down pounds and fivers
So Matty would be fine in the old by and by
