第2页:刺客信条3-Press Gang
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歌词:
Well as I were a walking a London Street
A press gang there I chanced to meet
They asked me if I'd join the fleet
Say other shipmates tell me true
What kind of treatment they gives to you
That I may know before I go
Well the first thing they did they took me in hand
They flogged me with the tar of a strand
They flogged me till I could not stand
Then they hung me up by my two thumb
They flogged me till the blood did run
And that's the uses they gave to me
Well I had a wife her name was Grey
Were her that led me to shocking delay
Were her that caused me to go away
But if ever I get me feet on shore
To see them London girls once more
I'll never go to sea no more...
背景:
"From medieval times, the English crown claimed the power to press able-bodied subjects into the navy for the defense of the realm. With the passage of time, the power was abused and the press gang, invading the small towns and roaming the countryside, became a truly feared 'tradition', as witnessed by the scores of press gang songs. In 1853 the long service system was introduced and the need for press gangs virtually disappeared."
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