塔菲是個威爾斯人

塔菲是個威爾斯人
Taffy was a Welshman
塔菲是個威爾斯人; Taffy was a Welshman
童謠
出版	約 1780
詞曲	佚名

《塔菲是個威爾斯人》（英語：Taffy was a Welshman）是一首流行於18世紀至20世紀的英語童謠，其勞德民歌索引（英語：Roud Folk Song Index）編號為19237。 ^[1]

歌詞

《塔菲是個威爾斯人》的歌詞版本繁多，如下為通行版歌詞：

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
塔菲是威爾斯人，塔菲是小偷；
Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef;
塔菲闖進我家，偷走牛腿肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed;
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲在床上;
I took the leg of meat and hit him on the head.
我拿起牛腿肉，往他頭上打;
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
塔菲是威爾斯人，塔菲是小偷；
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef;
塔菲闖進我家，偷了塊牛肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't in;
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲不在家;
I jumped on his Sunday hat and poked it with a pin.
我跳上他的禮帽，還拿針戳它;
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a sham;
塔菲是威爾斯人，塔菲是騙子；
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of lamb;
塔菲闖進我家，偷了塊羊肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was away,
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲出去了;
I stuffed his socks with sawdust and filled his shoes with clay.
我把木屑泥土，塞入他鞋襪；
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a cheat,
塔菲是威爾斯人，塔菲是騙子；
Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of meat;
塔菲闖進我家，偷了一塊肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not there,
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲不在那;
I hung his coat and trousers to roast before a fire.
我把他的衣褲，掛在火前烤。
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起源和歷史

"Taffy" 一詞可能合併自威爾斯人的常用名「 Dafydd 」和威爾斯河流塔夫河（英語：River Taff）（威爾斯首都卡迪夫的母親河），其在18世紀中葉便已開始使用。 ^[3]這首童謠可能與1744年在倫敦出版的《拇指湯米的動聽歌集（英語：Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book）》中一首童謠有關，歌詞如下：

Taffy was born
塔菲出生了，
On a Moon Shiny Night,
在一個月光燦爛的晚上。
His head in the Pipkin,
他的頭在三腳鍋（英語：Pipkin）里，
His Heels upright.
他的腳跟挺直。
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關於《塔菲是個威爾斯人》的通行版歌詞，目前有記載的最早記錄源於南希·科克的《動聽歌集》。該書於1780年在倫敦出版，其中收錄了這首童謠：

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
塔菲是威爾斯人，塔菲是小偷；
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef;
塔菲闖進我家，偷了塊牛肉；
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home;
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲不在家;
Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone.
塔菲闖進我家，偷了塊髓骨^[4]；
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類似版本在18世紀末期的歌集也有印行，但在1805年出版的《兒童歌謠集》中，歌詞的暴力程度有所增加：

I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed,
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲在床上;
I took the marrow bone and beat about his head.
我將髓骨拿起，往他頭上敲;
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1840年代，詹姆斯·奧查德·哈利韋爾（英語：James_Halliwell-Phillipps）收集了一個擁有兩節歌詞的版本，第二節歌詞為：

I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not in;
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲不在家;
Taffy came to my house and stole a silver pin.
塔菲闖進我家，偷了枚銀針。
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed;
我到塔菲家裡，塔菲在床上;
I took up a poker and threw it at his head.
我拿起撥火棍，扔向他的頭。
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這個版本的歌詞在與威爾斯接壤的英格蘭郡縣（英語：Welsh_Marches）大受歡迎。在聖大衛日(3月1日)當天，當地的人們演唱這首歌，並配上身著韭蔥^[6]的假人塑像。

參考來源

^ Roud Folksong Index S377993 Taffy was a Welshman. Vaughan Williams Memorial Library（英語：Vaughan Williams Memorial Library）. English Folk Dance and Song Society（英語：English Folk Dance and Song Society）. [May 20, 2016].
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 I. Opie and P. Opie（英語：I. Opie and P. Opie）, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 400–1.
^ M. Stephens, The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 569.
^ 用來熬湯
^ J. O. Halliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England (London, 1846), p. 19.
^ 韭蔥是威爾斯的象徵

[1] Roud Folksong Index S377993 Taffy was a Welshman. Vaughan Williams Memorial Library（英語：Vaughan Williams Memorial Library）. English Folk Dance and Song Society（英語：English Folk Dance and Song Society）. [May 20, 2016].

[Opie1997-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 I. Opie and P. Opie（英語：I. Opie and P. Opie）, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 400–1.

[3] M. Stephens, The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 569.

[4] 用來熬湯

[5] J. O. Halliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England (London, 1846), p. 19.

[6] 韭蔥是威爾斯的象徵

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