美國鄉村樂巨星［桃莉芭頓］──傳統鄉村民謠曲──回顧貧窮往事的［In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)／美好往日(當時代惡劣時)］

Wed get up before sun-up to get the work done up

Wed work in the fields till the sun had gone down

Weve stood and weve cried as we have bristly watched

A hailstorm a beatin our crops to the ground

Weve gone to bed hungry many nights in the past

In the good old days when times were bad

No amount of money could buy from me

The memories that I have of then

No amount of money could pay me

To go back and live through it again

Ive seen daddys hands break open and bleed

And Ive seen him work till hes stiff as a board

An Ive seen momma layin in suffer and sickness

In need of a doctor we couldnt afford

Anything at all was more than we had

In the good old days when times were bad

Weve got up before and found ice on the floor

Where the wind would blow snow through the cracks in the wall

And I couldnt enjoy then, havin a boyfriend

I had nothing decent to wear at all

So I long for a love that I never had

In the good old days when times were bad

No amount of money could buy from me

The memories that I have of then

No amount of money could pay me

To go back and live through it again

In the good old days when times were bad

In the good old days when times were bad

１９６９年２月　２３歲的美國鄉村樂波霸創作歌手桃莉．芭頓（Dolly Parton）

推出第三張個人專輯［In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)／美好往日(當時代惡劣時)］（RCA出版）

由Bob Ferguson製作

桃莉創作六首歌曲　專輯獲得良好評價

同名歌曲為大碟唯一單曲　１９６８年１０月便提前發行

［In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)］由芭頓譜寫　回顧自己貧窮出身, 珍視過往教給她的價值, 但並不想再回去

Bob Ferguson將其製作成一首傳統鄉村民謠曲

［In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)］登上Billboard副榜──鄉村歌曲榜＃２５　為桃莉第四首個人Top４０熱門曲

大碟反應更好, 登上Billboard副榜──鄉村專輯榜＃１５──為其第二張Top２０大碟

此後芭頓事業平穩進展, 直到１９７０年代開始起飛

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTuv8qxfOCM

TV 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8RdmlkIoOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbW9qlDXHrU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCphgfjMoWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkaYccTYS4