State of Arkansas歌词由The Almanac Singers演唱,出自专辑《Thats All Folk, Vol. 5》,下面是《State of Arkansas》完整版歌词!
State of Arkansas歌词完整版
State Of Arkansas - The Almanac Singers
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My name is Charlie Brennan from Charleston I come
我的名字是CharlieBrennan我来自Charleston
I've traveled this wide world over
我走遍了大千世界
Some ups and downs I've had
我经历了多少起落落
I've traveled this wide world over
我走遍了大千世界
Some ups and downs I've saw
我经历过人生的起起落落
But I never really knew what misery was till I hit old Arkansas
但我从来不知道什么是痛苦直到我来到阿肯色州
I dodged behind the depot to dodge that blizzard wind
我躲在仓库后面躲避暴风雪
I met a walking skeleton he said his name was Thomas Quinn
我遇到了一具行尸走肉他说他叫ThomasQuinn
Well his hair hung down in rat-tails on his lean and lantern jaw
He invited me to his hotel he said it was the best in Arkansas
他邀请我去他的酒店他说那是阿肯色州最好的酒店
I followed my conductor to his respective place
我跟着我的指挥员来到他各自的地方
Where pity and starvation were to be seen on every face
每个人的脸上都流露出怜悯和饥饿
Well his bread it was corn dodger and his meat I could not chaw
他的面包是玉米道奇和他的肉我不能嚼
But he charged me a half a dollar in the State of Arkansas
但他在阿肯色州收了我半美元
And I went out and got me a job on a farm farming
我出去找了一份农活
But I didn't care for the work or the farmer
可我不在乎工作和农夫
Or his wife and none of his children
还有他的妻子和孩子
So I went up to him one day and I said
有一天我找到他对他说
"Mister I'm gonna quit this job
先生我要辞掉这份工作
And you can just pay me off right now"
你现在就可以给我一笔钱
He says "Okay son if that's the way you feel about it"
他说好吧孩子如果这就是你的感受
And he took me out in the barn and he handed me a mink skin
他带我去谷仓给我一张貂皮大衣
I said "I don't want this thing I want my money
我说我不想要这东西我想要我的钱
What we're using for currency down here now"
我们用什么来换取货币
So I took it when into town hunted up a place
所以我带着枪进城找了个地方
Put my mink skin up on the counter and turned
把我的貂皮大衣放在柜台上
If the bartender didn't toss me a pint
如果酒保没给我倒一杯酒
And he picked up my mink skin blowed the hair back on it
他拿起我的貂皮大衣把我的头发吹了起来
Put it under the counter
放在柜台下面
Fetched me out fourteen rabbit skins and
给我拿了十四张兔皮
Three possum hives for change
三个负鼠巢穴等待改变
I'm going to the Indian territory and live outside the law
我要去印第安人的地盘过着违法的生活
I'll bid farewell to the kin bricks in the State of Arkansas
我会告别阿肯色州的亲戚朋友
If you ever see me back again I'll give to you my paw
如果你看到我回来我会把我的爪子给你
But it'll be though a telescope from Hell to Arkansas
但它会通过望远镜从地狱到阿肯色州