美国乡村音乐:Welcome To The Family

Welcome to the family
Hope you have a real good life
With my little sister
Yeah, she'll make a real good wife

Hope you have lots of babies
Hope you get a real good job
Hope you don't mind comp'ny
Cause we'll be here a lot

Brother, here's some brotherly advice:
If you know what's good for you,
You'll treat her right, cause...

Grandpa's the local sheriff, yeah
He's the judge and the jury¹, too
Uncle Bill's the undertaker
Son, he'll dig² a hole for you
Cousin Jesse, he's just crazy
He'll fight you just for fun
Momma's got a real bad temper
Daddy's got a shotgun

Welcome to the family
From this side of the tracks
If you ever leave her
You ain't comin' back

My nephew is a hunter
He's gonna hunt you down
Just like he did the last one
And he still ain't been found

I like you just fine,
Don't get me wrong
You'll take care of her
Cause if you don't...

Grandpa's the local sheriff, yeah
He's the judge and the jury, too
Uncle Bill's the undertaker
Son, he'll dig a hole for you
Cousin Jesse, he's just crazy
He'll fight you just for fun
Momma's got a real bad temper
Daddy's got a shotgun

Grandpa's the local sheriff, yeah
He's the judge and the jury, too
Uncle Bill's the undertaker
Son, he'll dig a hole for you
Cousin Jesse, he's just crazy
He'll fight you just for fun
Momma's got a real bad temper
Daddy's got a shotgun

Welcome to the family

Little Big Town这个乡村音乐组合是由Karen Fairchild，Kimberly Roads，Jimi Westbrook和Phillip Sweet成立于1998年。乐队一直致力于协凋（harmony）和多元化演唱风格，每个成员都能来上两手。就是这样一个不寻常的组合，一开始就在田纳西州打下了一片天，随后就加盟了Mercury³ Records，但那里的制作理念同乐队的商业方式发生了冲突。在另一支乡村组合Dixie Chicks取得成功后，Little Big Town看中了他们的运作方式，于2000加盟了Dixie Chicks的唱片公司Monument Records，谁知这一等就是两年，2002年，才发行了第一张单曲，名字叫Dont Waste My Time。直到冬天才回到他们的正轨上出版了他们同名专辑。2005年又出版了第二张专辑The Road to Here。

乐队四个成员均拥有一定的创作能力及演唱能力，所以很难找出一个灵魂来，这对乐队风格融合的确是一项不小的挑战，但这两男两女的努力及配合使得这个问题看来根本就不需要担心。但愿拥有正统country music的Little Big Town会给我们带来更大的突破。

1 jury   

n.陪审团，评委会；adj.临时用的；vt.挑选

参考例句：

• These twelve men are believed to compose the jury.据信，陪审团是由这12人组成的。
• The members of the jury were discharged from their duties.陪审员们被解除了职务。

2 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。

3 mercury   

n.汞，水银，水银柱

参考例句：

• The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury.我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银。
• Mercury has a much greater density than water.水银的密度比水大得多。