《1913 Massacre》歌词

[00:00:00] 1913 Massacre - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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[00:00:05] Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen

[00:00:10] 在1913年 与我一起去旅行吧

[00:00:10] To Calumet Michigan in the copper country

[00:00:16] 我们一起去往位于密歇根州的一个铜矿那里

[00:00:16] I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall

[00:00:23] 我会带你去一个叫做意大利礼堂的地方

[00:00:23] And the miners are having their big Christmas ball

[00:00:31] 矿工们正在准备圣诞节舞会

[00:00:31] I'll take you in a door and up a high stairs

[00:00:35] 我会带你进去 登上高高的阶梯

[00:00:35] Singing and dancing is heard everywhere

[00:00:39] 纵情歌唱 尽情热舞 让这快乐播洒到四面八方

[00:00:39] I'll let you shake hands with the people you see

[00:00:46] 我会让你和每一个相遇的人握手

[00:00:46] And watch the kids dance around the big Christmas tree

[00:00:54] 看着孩子们围着圣诞树跳舞

[00:00:54] There's talking and laughing and songs in the air

[00:00:58] 到处都是谈笑声和歌声

[00:00:58] And the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere

[00:01:02] 让圣诞节的快乐蔓延到四面八方

[00:01:02] Before you know it you're friends with us all

[00:01:07] 在你发觉之前 你已经是我们中的一员

[00:01:07] And you're dancing around and around in the hall

[00:01:15] 你在大厅里不断地翩翩起舞

[00:01:15] You ask about work and you ask about pay

[00:01:19] 你打听着工作 打听着报酬

[00:01:19] They'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day

[00:01:23] 他们会告诉你 他们一天的报酬还不到一美元

[00:01:23] Working their copper claims risking their lives

[00:01:28] 冒着生命危险 挖掘铜矿

[00:01:28] So it's fun to spend Christmas with children and wives

[00:01:37] 与妻儿们开心地度过圣诞节

[00:01:37] A little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights

[00:01:40] 坐在圣诞树下的那个小女孩

[00:01:40] To play the piano so you gotta keep quiet

[00:01:44] 正在弹奏着钢琴 所以你要保持安静

[00:01:44] To hear all this fun you would not realize

[00:01:48] 享受着无边的快乐 你还没意识到

[00:01:48] That the copper boss thug men are milling outside

[00:01:57] 铜矿老板已经站在了门外

[00:01:57] The copper boss thugs stuck their heads in the door

[00:02:00] 铜矿老板把头挤进门缝里

[00:02:00] One of them yelled and he screamed There's a fire

[00:02:05] 其中一个尖叫着说 着火了

[00:02:05] A lady she hollered There's no such a thing

[00:02:09] 一位女士怒吼道 不可能发生这样的事情

[00:02:09] Keep on with your party there's no such a thing

[00:02:18] 派对继续进行 没发生这种事情

[00:02:18] A few people rushed and there's only a few

[00:02:21] 有些人匆忙离开 但那不过是一小部分而已

[00:02:21] It's just the thugs and the scabs fooling you

[00:02:25] 这只是那些暴徒在愚弄你罢了

[00:02:25] A man grabbed his daughter and he carried her down

[00:02:29] 一个男人抓住他的女儿 但却无奈地放开了

[00:02:29] But the thugs held the door and he could not get out

[00:02:37] 因为那些暴徒锁住了大门 他逃不出去

[00:02:37] And then others followed about a hundred or more

[00:02:41] 大概有一百个人前赴后继地奔向大门

[00:02:41] But most everybody remained on the floor

[00:02:45] 但大多数都还待在舞池里

[00:02:45] The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke

[00:02:49] 那些暴徒把这场蓄意谋杀 当成是一个笑话

[00:02:49] And the children were smothered on the stairs by the door

[00:02:58] 孩子们窒息 倒在了楼梯和门边

[00:02:58] Such a terrible sight I never did see

[00:03:02] 我从未见过如此可怕的情景

[00:03:02] We carried our children back up to their tree

[00:03:06] 我们带着孩子们躲在了树后

[00:03:06] The scabs outside still laughed at their spree

[00:03:14] 那些暴徒还在把这场暴行当做一个笑话

[00:03:14] And the children that died there was seventy-three

[00:03:24] 七十三个孩子不幸殒命

[00:03:24] The piano played a slow funeral tune

[00:03:27] 一首哀乐从钢琴上缓缓流出

[00:03:27] And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon

[00:03:32] 苍白的月光照射着这个小镇

[00:03:32] The parents they cried and the men they moaned

[00:03:39] 父母大声嚎哭 男人悲叹不已

[00:03:39] See what your greed for money has done

[00:03:44] 看看 那些贪图金钱的人所造成的惨剧