背景：刚看完NBC的动画短片《blackfly – 黑蝇》。
在一切还未开始的时候我们先来普及下科学文化知识，以示严谨的治学态度：
已知的黑蝇有1800多种，国产的应该也不在少数，其中11种业已灭绝。
会传染疾病，例如盘尾丝虫病等。
特征：会飞，讨人厌，黑。
blackfly有那么多种，动画中所指的是哪种就不得而知了，并且我假设你也不稀罕知道。不过看样子这虫子会盯人，来看照片：
动画中的经典歌曲“The Black Fly Song”
不那么讨人喜欢的东西却被 Wade Hemsworth 赋予了那么一首动人的加拿大民乐“The Black Fly Song”，然后才有Christopher Hinton 将之扩展成为这部“black fly”，然后于1991年上映，然后入围第64届奥斯卡最佳动画短片提名，然后没有拿奖。
歌曲整体很轻快，比较有意思的是在唱”Ontario”这个词的时候”Ontar-eye-o-eye-o”了半天，可以参考下后面引用的英文资料。
Twas early in the spring when I decided to go
To work up in the woods in North Ontario
And the unemployment office said they’d send me through
To the Little Abitibi with the survey crew
And the black flies, the little black flies
Always the black fly no matter where you go
I’ll die with the black fly a-pickin’ my bones
In North Ontar-eye-o-eye-o, In North Ontar-eye-o
“The Black Fly Song” 歌曲介绍，主要讲歌曲除了开头跟结尾比较纾缓，其余部分大多极致轻快，然后提了下歌手唱腔：
It has been described as a “breakneck romp”, characterized by a lively pace, though the first and last verses are reflective and slower. In addition, the verses for the most part hold an upbeat key, coming into contact with the abrasive chorus. Hemsworth provided a folksy tone and Canadian raising, and added some unique touchings. To illustrate resent for the flies, he places heavy emphasis on “black” in the words “black fly”, but arguably the most distinct part of the song is where the word “Ontario” is bemoaned “On-terr-eye-oh-eye-oh” (a pronunciation also used at times by other artists, such as Alan Mills and Stan Rogers).
关于动画“Black Fly”
动画“Black Fly”本身似乎并没什么特别之处，入围奥斯卡最佳短片提名应该是沾了音乐的光，并且动画内容应该是根据歌曲改编出来的。”The Black Fly Song” 歌曲作者描述的是它在Abitibi River勘探大坝建设可行性的经历，然后在动画里看到，主角被一纸写有”Abitibi Survey(Abitibi勘察)”字样的报告调到Abitibi River去，途中被一群Black Fly追赶，Black Fly们不舍不弃持之以恒不惧艰险的精神实在让人动容。
Although Hemsworth had stated he wrote the song while in Labrador, the song talks about the experiences Hemsworth encountered while accompanying an Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario crew surveying the Little Abitibi River to the determine the feasibility of erecting a dam. He also mentioned “I wasn’t with Black Toby … that was another expedition. I was writing a song; I wasn’t writing literature.”
