喬‧希爾
(JOE HILL)

傳教士與奴隸
The Preacher and the S1ave


    約瑟夫‧希爾斯特羅姆(約1879-1915)於1902年從瑞典移居美國,先是流浪一段時間,後於1910年加入激進的世界產業工人聯合會。世界產聯成員反對美國工聯,因為美國工聯接受資本主義制度,並拒絕組織非熟練工人。世界產聯的革命熱情就連激進的社會主義領袖尤金‧維克多‧德布斯都認為過於偏激,因而他退出該聯合會。希爾雖然是位工人組織者,但他編寫「模仿作品」的名聲更大,比如他的《傳教士與奴隸》影響尤其廣泛。1914年1月希爾因被指控犯有謀殺罪被捕。根據「間接證據」被判有罪後,希爾被關入獄中達二年之久,同時法律上訴無效。1915年11月,被槍決前,希爾打電報給產業工人聯合會主席海伍德:「不要浪費時間哀悼我,組織起來吧。」希爾死後成了傳奇式人物。阿爾弗雷德‧海斯歌頌道:「昨晚我夢中見到了喬‧希爾。」

    《傳教士與奴隸》用仿真手法,採用了《好時光慢慢之會來到》的曲調,被收入美國勞聯一產聯的官方歌曲集。


傳教士夜夜來佈道,

    告訴你啥壞啥是好;

    你若問為何餓肚皮,

    他就好聲氣回答你:

    (合唱)

    天堂裏有的是麵包,

    到時候你會吃得到;

    先幹活祈禱睡稻草,

    死去時天堂有甜包。

    挨餓軍街頭來傳教,

    唱聖歌拍手又祈禱;

    敲洋鼓掏盡你腰包,

    而再罵你是窮赤佬。

    假如為妻兒苦抗爭 ──

    假如你今生要翻身 ──

    他們說你是罪有餘,

    死去後一定下地獄。

    全世界工友團結起,

    為自由並肩戰到底;

    當世界財富奪到手,

    騙子們聽我歌一首:

    (最後合唱)

    到時候你會得到,

    只要你學會去烹炒;

    只要你學會去砍柴,

    好時光慢慢就來到。

 

Long-haired preachers come out every' night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet:

CHORUS:
You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and play, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
And the starvation army they play,
And they sing and they clap and they pray.
Till they get all your coin on the drum,
Then they tell you when you are on the bum
If you fight hard for children and wife-
Try to get something good in this life@
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell,
When you die you will sure go to hell.
Workingmen of all countries unite,
Side by side we for freedom will fight:
When the -world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain:

LAST CHORUS:
You will eat, bye and bye.
When you've learned how to cook and to fry;
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good,
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.