The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer (Remastered 2019)歌词由Johnny Cash&The Carter Family演唱,出自专辑《The Magical Three: Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins & Johnny Horton (All Tracks Remastered) [Explicit]》,下面是《The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer (Remastered 2019)》完整版歌词!
The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer (Remastered 2019)歌词完整版
The Legend of John Henry's Hammer (Remastered 2019) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)/The Carter Family
John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
一天半夜,约翰·亨利的父亲把他叫醒
He said "'Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you listen boy"
他说 工头儿来之前 我要告诉你一些事 你听着
Said "Learn to ball a jack learn to lay a track
你得学会钻空打眼
Learn to pick and shovel too and take my hammer
学会铺设轨道,还要学会凿和铲,拿着我的锤子
It'll do anything you tell it to"
它会干你告诉它的任何事情
John Henry's mammy had about a dozen babies
约翰·亨利的妈妈差不多有十二个孩子
John Henry's pappy broke jail about a dozen times
约翰·亨利的爸爸把这件事讲了十二遍
The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money
孩子们都生病了,当大夫要出诊费时
He said "I'll pay you a quarter at a time startin' tomorrow
他说 一次我会给您四分之一的钱
That's the pay for a steel driver on this line"
那是这条铁路上的一个打钎工付的
Then the section foreman said "Hey hammer swinger
那时,领班说 嘿,打钎工
I see you brought your own hammer boy
我看见你带来了自己的锤子
But what else can all those muscles do
孩子,除了这个,这身力气还会干点别的么
And he said "I can turn a jack I can lay a track
接着,他说:“我会钻空打眼,我会铺设轨道
I can pick and shovel too"
我还会用铲子
Can you swing a hammer boy
你会敲锤子吗
Yes sir I'll do anything you hire me to
我能干你雇我做的任何事情
Now ain't you somethin'
现在,你是不是把这身力气说得太厉害了
So high and mighty wif your muscles
过去拿起那把锤子
Just go ahead boy and pick up that hammer
孩子拿起了那把锤子
Pick up the hammer
拿起了那把锤子
He said "Get a rusty spike and swing it down three times
领班说着,抓起一根生锈了的道钉,敲了它三下
I'll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to
你每把它打下去一英寸,我就给你五美分
Go on and do what you say you can do"
接着干,干你说的自己能干的
With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle
拿着一把放在四英尺高的控制板上的尖嘴锤
John Henry raised it back 'til it touched his heels then
约翰·亨利高高向后举起它,直到它蹭到自己的脚跟
The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two
接着那道钉穿过了枕木,被砸成两半
Thirty-five cents a day for drivin' steel
打钎工每天挣三十五美分
Sweat sweat boy sweat you owe me two more swings
敲,敲,小伙子,敲,还得多敲两三下
I was born for driven steel
我生来就是敲锤的料子
Well John Henry hammered in the mountain
约翰·亨利在山里敲锤
He'd give a grunt he'd give a groan with every swing
每敲一下,他都得发出哼哼的呻吟声
The women folks for miles around heard him and come down
周围几英里的女人们都能听见他在工作
To watch him make the cold steel ring Lord what a swinger
都下来看他敲锤
Just listen to that cold steel ring
听那发出的冰冷的锤响
But the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry
但是,那个坏老板走过来嘲笑约翰·亨利
Said "You full of vinegar now but you about through
说 你现在浑身都是力气,可等你敲完这一趟
We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin'
我们就要买一台蒸汽钻机来做你这份打钎的活儿
Then what's all them muscles gonna do Huh John Henry
想知道他们的力气能干什么 哼 约翰·亨利
Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you"
那就拿点自己的力气出来,比比看
John Henry said "I feed four little brothers
约翰·亨利说 我养活着四个小兄弟
And baby sister's walkin' on her knees
还有刚会爬的小妹妹
Did the Lord say that machines oughtta take the place of livin'
工人们的位置呢 那什么来代替面包和豆子呢
And what's a substitute for bread and beans I ain't seen it
我可没见过这些
Do engines get rewarded for their steam "
机器靠自己的蒸汽拿报酬吗
John Henry hid in a coal mine for his dinner nap
现在约翰·亨利正躲在坑道里吃午餐
Had thirty minutes to rest before the bell
铃响前还有三十分钟可以休息
The mine boss hollered "Get up whoever you are and get a pick axe
那矿井老板大喊到 不管是谁 都起来
Give me enough coal to start another hell and keep it burnin'
拿起凿斧,给我足够的煤,接着挖下一座山
Mine me enough to start another hell"
要让它一直烧着,给我再挖,接着是下一座山
John Henry said to his captain " A man ain't nothin' but a man
约翰·亨利对自己的工头说 人不过是血肉之躯
But if you'll bring that steam drill round I'll beat it fair and honest
可要是你带来了蒸汽钻机,我会光明磊落地打败它
I'll die with my hammer in my hand but I'll be laughin'
我会手握着铁锤死去,但我会含着笑
'Cuz you can't replace a steel drivin' man"
因为你代替不了打钎工
There was a big crowd of people at the mountain
山里聚集了一大群人
John Henry said to the steam drill "How is you
约翰·亨利对蒸汽钻机说 你好,请原谅
Pardon me mister steam drill I suppose you didn't hear me"
我想你听不到我说话
I said "How're you "
我说你好
Well can you turn a jack can you lay a track
哦,你会钻空打眼吗 你会铺设轨道吗
Can you pick and shovel too
你还会凿和铲吗
Listen this hammer swinger's talkin' to you
听好了 这个打钎工对你说的话
Two thousand people hollered "Go John Henry"
两千人大喊着加油 加油 约翰·亨利
Then somebody hollered "The mountain's caving in"
有人大声喊 山塌了
John Henry told the captain "Tell the kind folks don't worry
约翰·亨利告诉工头,叫那些善良的人们不要惊慌
That ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind it keeps me breathin'
什么事情都没发生,只不过是我的锤子在抽吸着风
A steel driver's muscle I intend"
保持着我的呼吸和我想要的打钎工的力气
Captain tell the people move back further
工头叫人们退得更远些
I'm at the finish line and there ain't no drill
我站在终点线上 那里还没有钻机的影子
It's so far behind but yet ain't got the brains to quit it
它还在后头很远 没有脑子,还不知道停下,退出比赛
When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills Lord lordy
她气极了,分开人群穿过山岗
When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills
她气极了,分开人群穿过山岗
Well John Henry had a little woman
约翰·亨利有个娇小的妻子
I believe the lady's name was Polly Ann
我想她的名字叫波莉·安
Yeah that was his good woman
她确实是约翰的好妻子
John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder and went on home
约翰·亨利扔掉肩上的铁锤,回家去了
He laid down to rest his weary back and early next mornin'
他躺下来休息那疲惫的臂膀
He said "Come here Polly Ann come here sugar
第二天一早,他说 过来,波莉·安
Ya know I believe this is the first time I ever watched
宝贝,知道么,我想这是第一次
The sun come up that I couldn't come up"
我看见了太阳升起,而自己却起不来了
"Take my hammer Polly Ann and go to that railroad
拿着我的锤子,波莉·安,到铁路上去
Swing that hammer like you seen me do it
像你见过的我挥舞它的样子来挥舞它
And when you're swingin' with the lead man
当你与工头一块儿挥舞它时
They'll all know they'll all know you're John Henry's woman
他们都会明白你是约翰·亨利的妻子
But but tell them ain't all you can do"
对他们说 你们真的什么都能干吗
"Tell 'em I can hoist a jack and I can lay a track
我能钻空打眼,我能铺设轨道,我还能凿和铲
I can pick and shovel too ain't no machine can
机器不是干不了吗
That's been proved to you"
证明给他们看
There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house
教堂里有一大群哀悼者
The section hands laid him in the sand
这群人把他安葬在沙地上
Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
火车从约翰·亨利躺下的铁轨上经过
They slow down and take off their hats the men do
都慢了下来 人们也都摘下帽子
When they come to the place where John Henry's layin'
当他们来到约翰·亨利躺下休息的地方
Restin' his back some of 'em say "Mornin' steel driver
有人就说 早上好,打钎工
You sure was a hammer swinger"
你是真正的打钎工
Then they go on by pickin' up a little speed
接着,他们又加快了脚步
Clickity clack clickity clack clickity clack clickity clack
咔嗒咔嗒,咔嗒咔嗒,咔嗒咔嗒,咔嗒咔嗒
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord
那里安葬着一个打钎工 噢,上帝啊
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
那里安葬着一个打钎工
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord
那里安葬着一个打钎工 噢,上帝啊
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
那里安葬着一个打钎工
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord
那里安葬着一个打钎工 噢,上帝啊
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
那里安葬着一个打钎工