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曲中，阿拉丁对自己过去虚度年华、过着混混沌沌的日子深表后悔，决心重新好好做人，让母亲以自己为豪。谨以此曲献给那些少不经事的男孩子和他们的母亲！
故事简介
阿拉丁是《一千零一夜》故事《阿拉丁神灯》中的主人公。《阿拉丁神灯》叙述一名贫穷的年轻混混阿拉丁的故事。阿拉丁受一名魔法师之邀（他冒充为阿拉丁的叔叔），前往一个设有陷阱的洞穴中拿取一只神奇的油灯。魔法师正要进一步利用阿拉丁的时候，阿拉丁发现自己被困在洞穴里。幸运的是，阿拉丁还留着魔法师借给他的一只魔戒指。阿拉丁绝望地摩擦双手，正巧擦到了戒指，迸发出一个精灵。这个精灵还带他返家，而阿拉丁则带回了油灯。正当他母亲要清理油灯的时候，突然间油灯迸发出一个威力更强大的精灵，随时等待主人的使唤。在精灵的帮助下，阿拉丁变得有钱有势，最后还娶了公主。精灵还为阿拉丁建造一座美轮美奂的宫殿，甚至比皇帝的皇宫还要壮丽。
阿拉丁这个名字因有众多近代的后续作品而闻名于世，如迪士尼出品的电影《阿拉丁》，改编自故事原作，是迪士尼第一部推出续集影音产品首映的经典动画，获得奥斯卡最佳原著配乐奖等。
“为你的孩子骄傲”是一首由艾伦·门肯作曲，霍华德·阿什曼作词的歌曲（1991年去世前），这首歌是从1992年迪斯尼动画电影《阿拉丁》中剪下来的。
这首歌是阿拉丁唱的关于他无名母亲的歌。他承认自己的恶行，并保证他会浪子回头。
它是一首感人，令人难忘的歌。
"Proud Of Your Boy" is a song with music by composer Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (before he died in 1991)that was cut from the original 1992 Disney animated film Aladdin.
The song is sung by Aladdin about his unnamed mother. He acknowledges his bad ways and promises he will make things right.
It was "a song that is touching, memorable and about to be a long time Broadway standard."
下面请欣赏歌曲 Proud of Your Boy
Proud of your boy
I"ll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I"ve been, Ma
You"re in for a pleasant surprise
I"ve wasted time.
I"ve wasted me.
So say I"m slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
That I"ve been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I"ll get over these lousin" up
Messin" up, screwin" up times
You"ll see, Ma, now comes the better part.
Someone"s gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
Tell me that I"ve been a louse and loafer
You won"t get a fight here, no ma"am
Say I"m a goldbrick, a good-off, no good
But that couldn"t be all that I am
Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There"s no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Someday and soon
I"ll make you proud of your boy
Though I can"t make myself taller
Or smarter or handsome or wise
I"ll do my best, what else can I do?
Since I wasn"t born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy
词汇表
bloomer: a mistake错误
rotten: very bad, dishonest非常糟糕的；恶劣的，不诚实的
louse up: make a mess of, destroy or ruin毁坏
mess up: make a mess of or create disorder in, destroy or ruin搞砸，弄糟，使不得安宁
screw up: to cause something to fail or be spoiled 弄糟，搞乱，毁坏
louse: a very unpleasant person不受欢迎的人，讨厌鬼
loafer: 虚度光阴者，游手好闲者，二流子
a person who wastes their time rather than working
goldbrick: an idle worthless person偷懒者
good-off: 混日子、游手好闲的人
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