Teresa Teng-路 邊 的 野 花 不 要 採 Don't Pick The Roadside Flowers

I saw lots of wild flowers, and thought of this song.

http://youtu.be/I2j_M0N-XFk

鄧麗君-路邊的野花不要採

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Teresa Teng-路 邊 的 野 花 不 要 採 Don't Pick The Roadside Flowers

Pluck not the wayside flower;It is the traveler's dower.
~William Allingham

In Chinese, the road side flower means the not so nice girls. You pick the home grown flowers.

I was educated in English In Borneo, but I liked this Chinese Song, and Teresa was on of the most popular artistes. Sadly she died from an asthmatic attack.

http://vodpod.com/watch/3554995-teresa-teng-dont-pick-the-roadside-flowers

http://youtu.be/zDKr4K6o3V8
The video is beautiful. Artistes: Cathie Ryan

Lyrics: [ The Wild Flowers ]

Twas' the wild flowers I preferred
Who owed nothing to nobody
But blossomed in the ditches
And made their own way in the world

Twas' the wild flowers I admired
Who never done nothing to you
But driven from the garden
Sang their own songs in the spring

Chorus:
You can have your lilie, you can have your rose
That were taken and broken, and bred by men
They were grafted and maimed, twisted and tamed

But the wild flowers I enjoyed
They had nothing to do with you
They flowered by the roadside
And wore their own colours in the sun

They were there before you
They'll be there after you
That will out, that will out
Like your own true nature
You can try, you can try
But you never will defeat...

The wild flowers I enjoyed
They had nothing to do with you
Banished from the garden
They made their own way in the world
Sang their own songs in the spring
And wore their own ... colours ... in the sun