BABE, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU
一首五十年代末期的民歌, 原本簡單的曲調與歌詞的歌曲, 因為被演譯成搖滾樂隊的經典, 二十年之後才知道這歌曲背後的事緣要待解決。
大約是1960年, 在美國加州 UC Berkeley 伯克萊大學, 校内有一個深宵的廣播節目, 有時會加挿一些很受歡迎的 "Live 拉闊" 音樂演唱, 主要是傳統民歌或一些其他歌曲演奏。表演樂手當中有一位大學二年級的女生 Janet Smith, 與另一位女生 Anne Johannson。一次 Anne 在演唱一些自己創作的歌曲, 而 Janet 對這些歌曲感興趣, 經同意後把歌詞摘記下來以便自己學習。及後 Janet Smith 轉到 Oberlin College 的 "鄉謠民歌會" 繼續演唱。
1962年, Joan Baez 亦被 Janet 應邀同演出該校民歌敍會, Joan Baez 很喜歡 Janet 的歌曲, 並提議她把歌曲錄下來, 寄給自己的唱片公司經理人作些品評, 其中包括 "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" 這歌曲, 至於作者與出處皆沒有在寄出的錄音帶內付上。後來 Joan Baez 的唱片公司 Vanguard Records 寄信給 Janet Smith, 向她查詢有關此曲的原創人一事, 但未見回覆。同年 Joan Baez 已把此曲收錄在自己的演唱會專輯錄音的第一版, 未趕及 Janet 的回復前, 專輯已開始在市面發售。直至要印製第二版前才收到 Janet 告知原創作者是 Anne Johannson, 當時 Anne 已嫁給大學教授 Glen Bredon。至1964年, 此曲的原創作者 Anne H. Bredon 的名字才出現在 Joan Baez 的第二版的歌集上。另外的版本有1964年 The Plebs, 1965年 Mark Wynter, The Association 等皆沒有列出原創作者 Anne Bredon 的名字。
BABE, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU - Joan Baez
Lyric & Music: Anne H. Bredon
Lyric & Music: Anne H. Bredon
Babe, I'm gonna leave you
Tell you when I'm gonna leave you
Leave you when ol'summer time,
Summer comes a-rolling
Tell you when I'm gonna leave you
Leave you when ol'summer time,
Summer comes a-rolling
Leave you when ol'summer comes along
Babe, the highway is a-callin'
The old highway's a-callin'
Callin'me to travel on, travel on out the Westward
Callin'me to travel on alone
Babe,I'd like to stay here
You know I'd really like to stay here
My feet start goin'down, goin'down the highway
My feet start goin'down, goin'down alone
Babe,I got to ramble
You know I got to ramble
My feet start goin'down and I got to follow
時光飛逝, 1980年的一天 Janet 從兒子的唱片架上看到一張1969年 Led Zeppelin 的專輯, 其中 "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" 這歌曲名後却印上: "Trad. Arr.: Page", (Tradition, Arranged by: Jimmy Page) 在好奇下, 她找到住在東岸的 Anne 並告知此事, 而两人均是民歌手, 對 Led Zeppelin 這搖滾樂隊認識不多, 而祇知道 Joan Baez 與及其她翻唱這曲的唱片銷售不佳, 對版稅亦不甚關注。 自此之後, 她俩開始着緊了 . . . .
Anne 授權 Janet 合作展開對 Led Zeppelin 的公司 Superhype 查詢, 並稱要作此曲的版稅訴訟, 後來被告知此曲是 Jimmy Page 取自他的偶像 Joan Baez 的歌曲, 更稱因為無法找到原作者的名字, 亦當作是傳統舊民歌的看待。幾經交涉, Superhype 公司托詞稱此曲的受歡迎, 樂隊 Led Zeppelin 亦有很大功勞, 提議把版稅收入各佔一半作解决。由1990年的再版開始, 把這歌曲的創作人名單加上: "Anne H. Bredon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant"。
此曲是1969年英國搖滾樂隊 Led Zeppelin 收錄在他們組成之後的首張專輯, 以同名 "Led Zeppelin" 面世 , 亦是大多數樂迷所認識的版本。至於 Joan Baez 的演譯很難找到視像錄音, 相信被 Joan Baez 的歌迷遺忘了, 或許因為 Led Zeppelin 大膽地把此 "民歌" 脫胎換骨, 重新編撰的結果, 亦是 Jimmy Page 的結他演奏得淋漓盡致, 輕而易舉的把 Hard Rock 樂迷掩蓋了 Folk 歌迷的摯愛 ? !
BABE, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU - Lez Zeppelin
Babe, baby, baby, I'm Gonna Leave You.
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you.
I'll leave you when the summertime,
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along.
Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you,
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble.
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin',
We really got to ramble.
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do,
I can hear it callin' me back home!
Babe...I'm gonna leave you
Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you
Oh I can hear it callin 'me
I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?
Ohhh
I know, I know
I know I never never never gonna leave your babe
But I got to go away from this place,
I've got to quit you, yeah
Ooh, baby...
Baby, ooh don't you hear it callin' me?
Woman, woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day baby, it's really gonna grow, yes it is.
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day.
Come what may, every day
Oooh, mama baby
I'm gonna leave you--go away
It was really, really good.
You made me happy every single day.
But now!
I've got to go away!
Baby, baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home?
Babe, baby, baby, I'm Gonna Leave You.
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you.
I'll leave you when the summertime,
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along.
Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you,
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble.
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin',
We really got to ramble.
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do,
I can hear it callin' me back home!
Babe...I'm gonna leave you
Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you
Oh I can hear it callin 'me
I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?
Ohhh
I know, I know
I know I never never never gonna leave your babe
But I got to go away from this place,
I've got to quit you, yeah
Ooh, baby...
Baby, ooh don't you hear it callin' me?
Woman, woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day baby, it's really gonna grow, yes it is.
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day.
Come what may, every day
Oooh, mama baby
I'm gonna leave you--go away
It was really, really good.
You made me happy every single day.
But now!
I've got to go away!
Baby, baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home?