梅雨の季節を彩る梅雨入りソング第三弾は、ゴードン・ライトフットの古〜〜いフォークソング。
「朝の雨」Early Morning Rain
失恋した翌朝は雨だった。
１ドル札を握りしめて若者は旅に出る。
行くあてもない旅に・・・
まずは超なつかしいPPM（Peter Paul & Mary）のカバーからどうぞ。
●Peter Paul & Mary - Early Morning Rain (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCnHNk2Hac
これ↓はゴードン・ライトフット自身による作曲直後（１９７９年）のオリジナルの歌。
●Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain (Live in Chicago - 1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_MDIYhPH0#t=87
最後は、おじいさんになってしまった最近の録画映像。まだまだ元気。
●Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain (Live In Reno)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhFP5l71PRE
Early Morning Rain
In the early mornin’ rain with a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart, and my pockets full of sand
I’m a long way from home, and I miss my loved one so
In the early mornin’ rain with no place to go.
Out on runway number nine, big seven-o-seven set to go
But I’m out here on the grass where the pavement never grows
Well the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
There she goes my friend, she’s a rollin’ down at last.
Hear the mighty engine roar, see the silver wing on high
She’s away and westward bound far above the clouds she’ll fly
Where the mornin’ rain don’t fall and the sun always shines
She’ll be flyin’ over my home in about three hours time.
This old airport’s got me down, it’s no earthly good to me
Cause I’m stuck here on the ground,
Cold and drunk, as I might be.
Can’t jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So I’d best be on my way in the early mornin’ rain.
So I’d best be on my way in the early mornin’ rain
