The Ballad of the Greenland Whalers歌词由Chad Mitchell Trio演唱,出自专辑《Early in the Morning》,下面是《The Ballad of the Greenland Whalers》完整版歌词!
The Ballad of the Greenland Whalers歌词完整版
The Ballad of the Greenland Whalers - Chat Mitchell Trio
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Written by:Chad Mitchell
On the twenty third day of the month of June
六月的第二十三天
In the year of '54
在1954年
They signed us weary whaler men
他们签了我们疲惫不堪的水手
To sail for greenland's shore brave boys
扬帆驶向格陵兰的海岸勇敢的男孩
To sail for greenland's shore
驶向格陵兰岛的海岸
Our gallant ship her sails we set
我们的帆船扬帆起航
For the icy greenland ground
在冰封的格陵兰地上
Well they said
他们说
We'd take about a score or two a whale
我们会带一两条鲸鱼
Before we're six months bound brave boys
在我们六个月前勇敢的男孩
Before we're six months bound
在我们约定六个月之前
Oh the lookout up in the crosstree stood
站在十字路口的瞭望者
With a spyglass in his hand
手里拿着一个望远镜
There's a whale there's a whale
有一条鲸鱼
There's a whale fish he cried
有一条鲸鱼鱼他哭了
She blows on every span brave boys
她尽情放纵勇敢的男孩
She blows on every span
她尽情放纵
The captain stood on the quarterdeck
船长站在后甲板上
With his eye to the icy sea
他目不转睛地盯着冰冷的大海
Overhaul overhaul
彻底检修
Let your davit tackles fall
让你的吊杆落下
Put your boats on the water
让你的船停在水上
Cried he brave boys
他大声说勇敢的男孩
Put your boats on the water
让你的船停在水上
Cried he
他大声叫道
Well the boats got down and the crews aboard
船下了岸船员上了岸
And the whale was in full view
鲸鱼就在眼前
And the bosun roared
水手长咆哮着
Put your backs to the oars
把你背到船桨上
And steer where the whale fish blew
驶向鲸鱼飞舞的地方
Brave boys
勇敢的男孩
And steer where the whale fish blew
驶向鲸鱼飞舞的地方
Brave boys
勇敢的男孩
And steer where the whale fish blew
驶向鲸鱼飞舞的地方
Well the harpoon struck
鱼叉瞄准
And the line played out
音乐响起
And the whale gave a thunder with its tail
鲸鱼用尾巴发出惊雷
And the boat capsized killing half a dozen men
船翻了死了六个人
And we never did catch that whale
我们从未抓住那条鲸鱼
Brave boys
勇敢的男孩
We never did catch that whale
我们从未抓住那条鲸鱼
To lose those men
失去那些兄弟
The captain said
船长说
Well it grieves my heart full sore
真的好悲伤我的心好痛
But we knew the losing of that hundred barrel whale
但我们知道失去那条一百发子弹的鲸鱼
Well it grieved him ten times more
这让他伤心十倍
Brave boys
勇敢的男孩
It grieved him ten times more
这让他伤心十倍
Oh greenland is a dreadful place
格陵兰岛是个可怕的地方
It's a place that's never green
这是一个没有绿色的地方
Where there's ice and snow
哪里有冰雪
And the whale fishes blow
鲸鱼游弋
And the daylight's seldom seen
阳光难得一见
Brave boys
勇敢的男孩
The daylight's seldom seen
阳光难得一见