Ragged Old Flag歌词由Johnny Cash演唱,出自专辑《Patriotic Hits / American Songs (Explicit)》,下面是《Ragged Old Flag》完整版歌词!
Ragged Old Flag歌词完整版
Ragged Old Flag (Album Version) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)
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I walked through a county courthouse square
我穿过县法院的广场
On a park bench an old man was sitting there
公园长椅上坐着一位老人
I said "Your old courthouse is kinda run down "
我说你以前住的法院有点破旧
He said "Naw it'll do for our little town "
他说不对我们的小镇也没关系
I said "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit
我说你的旧旗杆倾斜了一点
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it "
你挂在上面的是一面破旧的旗帜
He said "Have a seat " and I sat down
他说坐吧我坐下
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town "
这是你第一次来我们的小镇吗
I said "I think it is " He said "I don't like to brag
我说我想是的他说我不喜欢吹牛
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag
但我们有点为那面破旧的旗帜感到骄傲
"You see we got a little hole in that flag there when
你看我们的旗帜上有个小洞
Washington took it across the Delaware
华盛顿带着它穿越特拉华州
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
就在弗朗西斯·斯科特·基那晚它被烧成粉末
Sat watching it writing Say Can You See
坐在那里看电视写下你能否看见
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
在新奥尔良引发轰动
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seems
在Packingham和Jackson的支持下
"And it almost fell at the Alamo
在阿拉莫差点倒下
Beside the Texas flag but she waved on though
就在德克萨斯州的旗帜旁可她挥着手
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
她在钱瑟拉斯维尔被人用剑砍了一刀
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill
她在夏伊洛山再次受伤
There was Robert E Lee Beauregard and Bragg
有罗伯特·E·李·波瑞德和布拉格
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag
南风吹拂着破旧的旗帜
"On Flanders Field in World War I
在第一次世界大战的佛兰德斯战场上
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun
她被贝莎枪打了个大洞
She turned blood red in World War II
她在第二次世界大战中变成了鲜红的血
She hung limp and low by the time it was through
当一切结束时她垂头丧气
She was in Korea and Vietnam
她去过韩国和越南
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam
她去了美国政府派她去的地方
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
她在我们的船上对着咸咸的泡沫挥手
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home
现在他们都不想再让她回家了
In her own good land here she's been abused --
在这片土地上她遭受虐待
She's been burned dishonored denied and refused
她饱受煎熬耻辱被否认被拒绝
"And the government for which she stands
她支持的政府
Is scandalized throughout the land
轰动全国
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin
她衣衫褴褛衣衫单薄
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in
但她现在的状态很好
'Cause she's been through the fire before
因为她以前经历过磨难
And I believe she can take a whole lot more
我相信她可以承受更多
"So we raise her up every morning take her
所以我们每天早上把她叫醒
Down every night
每天晚上
We don't let her touch the ground and we fold
我们不让她靠近地面我们退缩了
Her up right
她兴奋无比
On second thought I do like to brag
仔细一想我确实喜欢吹嘘
'Cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag "
因为我为这面破旧的旗帜感到骄傲