献给黄柳霜的歌

爵士时代有一首被不同传奇歌手传唱的歌：these foolish things remind me of you，原来是BBC1930s的娱乐总监Eric Maschwitz写给华裔好莱坞明星黄柳霜的情歌。黄柳霜在好莱坞星途渺茫遂出走欧洲，在欧洲舞台与银幕皆大受欢迎。据说与这位Maschwitz传过绯闻，当时国内的杂志也传说，黄柳霜在欧洲有白人男子与华裔富商追求，恐不久将嫁给华裔。不过最终黄小姐回到好莱坞试图重振旗鼓，身后只留下这么一首歌：
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of Turner and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
我自己比较喜欢的是Elle Fitzgerald的版本。