《The Legend Of John Henry’s Hammer》歌词

[00:00:00] The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

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[00:00:19] John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight

[00:00:23] John Henry的爸爸在午夜将他叫醒

[00:00:23] He said Fore the sheriff comes

[00:00:25] 他说州长来了

[00:00:25] I wanna tell you listen boy

[00:00:28] 你听我说孩子

[00:00:28] Said Learn to ball a jack

[00:00:31] 学会用千斤顶

[00:00:31] Learn to lay a track

[00:00:33] 学会铺铁路

[00:00:33] Learn to pick

[00:00:34] 学会挖掘

[00:00:34] And shovel too

[00:00:36] 学会铲除

[00:00:36] And take my hammer

[00:00:37] 拿上我的铁锤

[00:00:37] It'll do anything you tell it to

[00:00:42] 我会做任何你要我做的事

[00:00:42] John Henry's mammy had

[00:00:44] John Henry的妈妈有

[00:00:44] About a dozen babies

[00:00:47] 大概十二个孩子

[00:00:47] John Henry's pappy broke jail

[00:00:49] John Henry的爸爸越狱了

[00:00:49] About a dozen times

[00:00:52] 大概十几次

[00:00:52] The babies all got sick

[00:00:54] 孩子们都生病了

[00:00:54] And when the doctor wanted money

[00:00:57] 当医生要收钱时

[00:00:57] He said I'll pay you a quarter

[00:00:59] 他说我每次会付你四分之一

[00:00:59] At a time startin' tomorrow

[00:01:02] 从明天早上开始

[00:01:02] That's the pay for a steel driver

[00:01:04] 那是用当钢铁工人换来的

[00:01:04] On this line

[00:01:06] 在这条路线上

[00:01:06] Then the section foreman

[00:01:08] 那时的领班人

[00:01:08] Said Hey hammer swinger

[00:01:11] 说 把铁锤抡起来

[00:01:11] I see you brought your own hammer boy

[00:01:13] 我看见你带着你自己的铁锤

[00:01:13] But what else can all those muscles do

[00:01:15] 但是还有什么是肌肉力量可以做到的

[00:01:15] And he said

[00:01:16] 然后他说

[00:01:16] I can turn a jack

[00:01:18] 我可以用千斤顶顶起重物

[00:01:18] I can lay a track

[00:01:20] 我可以铺铁轨

[00:01:20] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:23] 我也可以挖掘

[00:01:23] Can you swing a hammer boy

[00:01:25] 孩子你可以挥动一个铁锤吗

[00:01:25] Yes sir I'll do anything you hire me to

[00:01:36] 是的先生 我会做任何你让我做的事

[00:01:36] Now ain't you somethin'

[00:01:38] 现在派给你一件事

[00:01:38] So high and mighty wif your muscles

[00:01:42] 你的肌肉如此有力

[00:01:42] Just go ahead boy and pick up that hammer

[00:01:44] 只需向前走，拿着你的铁锤

[00:01:44] Pick up the hammer

[00:01:46] 拿着你的铁锤

[00:01:46] He said Get a rusty spike

[00:01:48] 他说看到一个生锈的长钉

[00:01:48] And swing it down three times

[00:01:51] 向下砸了三次

[00:01:51] I'll pay you a nickel a day

[00:01:52] 我一天支付你五美分

[00:01:52] For every inch you sink it to

[00:01:55] 为了你可以彻底把它砸下去

[00:01:55] Go on and do what you say you can do

[00:01:59] 向前进，做所有你认为你可以做的

[00:01:59] With a steep nose hammer

[00:02:01] 用灵敏的铁锤

[00:02:01] On a four foot switch handle

[00:02:04] 一个四英尺的手柄

[00:02:04] John Henry raised it back 'til

[00:02:05] John Henry提起它，直到

[00:02:05] It touched his heels then

[00:02:08] 它碰到了他的脚踝

[00:02:08] The spike went through the cross tie

[00:02:10] 长钉穿过横木

[00:02:10] And it split it half in two

[00:02:13] 将它分成两半

[00:02:13] Thirty-five cents a day for drivin' steel

[00:02:15] 建造钢铁35分一天

[00:02:15] Sweat sweat boy

[00:02:17] 辛苦工作的男孩

[00:02:17] Sweat you owe me two more swings

[00:02:20] 辛苦的男孩你欠我两次以上的捶打

[00:02:20] I was born for driven steel

[00:02:29] 我为钢铁而生

[00:02:29] Well John Henry hammered in the mountain

[00:02:33] John Henry在山中用铁锤敲击

[00:02:33] He'd give a grunt he'd give a groan

[00:02:35] 他发出呻吟声，他发出抱怨声

[00:02:35] With every swing

[00:02:37] 在每次挥动中

[00:02:37] The women folks for miles around heard him

[00:02:40] 周围一英里的女人们都听到了他的声音

[00:02:40] And come down

[00:02:42] 并且流传了下来

[00:02:42] To watch him make the cold steel ring Lord

[00:02:45] 为了看他制造的冷兵器，主啊

[00:02:45] What a swinger

[00:02:46] 多么放荡不羁的人

[00:02:46] Just listen to that cold steel ring

[00:02:53] 仅仅听听那个冷兵器发出的声音

[00:02:53] But the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry

[00:02:58] 但是那个坏老板出来嘲笑John Henry

[00:02:58] Said You full of vinegar now

[00:03:00] 说你现在在谈恋爱

[00:03:00] But you about through

[00:03:02] 但是你一无是处

[00:03:02] We gonna get a steam drill to do

[00:03:05] 我们将会用蒸汽驱动的钻机来做

[00:03:05] Your share of drivin'

[00:03:07] 你的那部分工作

[00:03:07] Then what's all them muscles gonna do

[00:03:10] 他们的臂力能做什么事

[00:03:10] Huh John Henry

[00:03:11] John Henry

[00:03:11] Gonna take a little bit of vinegar

[00:03:13] 去谈恋爱吧

[00:03:13] Out of you

[00:03:15] 别废话

[00:03:15] John Henry said I feed four little brothers

[00:03:19] John Henry说 我养活我的兄弟们

[00:03:19] And baby sister's walkin' on her knees

[00:03:24] 照顾小孩的事落到了她的身上

[00:03:24] Did the Lord say that

[00:03:26] 上帝是否说了那样的话

[00:03:26] Machines oughtta take the place of livin'

[00:03:31] 机器可以代替生产力

[00:03:31] And what's a substitute for bread and beans

[00:03:36] 什么取代了面包和豆子

[00:03:36] I ain't seen it

[00:03:37] 我看不到

[00:03:37] Do engines get rewarded for their steam

[00:03:55] 发动机因为有了蒸汽可以工作

[00:03:55] John Henry hid in a coal mine

[00:03:57] John Henry藏在煤矿里

[00:03:57] For his dinner nap

[00:03:59] 进行他晚饭后的小睡

[00:03:59] Had thirty minutes to rest before the bell

[00:04:03] 在铃声响起前休息了三十分钟

[00:04:03] The mine boss hollered Get up

[00:04:06] 矿山的老板叫喊着起床

[00:04:06] Whoever you are and get a pick axe

[00:04:08] 无论你是谁都得到了一个丁字斧

[00:04:08] Give me enough coal to start another hell

[00:04:10] 给我足够的金钱去开始另外一个放荡不羁的生活

[00:04:10] And keep it burnin'

[00:04:12] 让它燃烧

[00:04:12] Mine me enough to start another hell

[00:04:16] 矿山足够我开始另一个放荡不羁的生活

[00:04:16] John Henry said to his captain

[00:04:21] John Henry对他的队长说

[00:04:21] A man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:04:24] 一个男人什么都没有但他还是一个男人

[00:04:24] But if you'll bring that steam drill round

[00:04:27] 但是如果你能把那个蒸汽驱动钻机带来放在附近

[00:04:27] I'll beat it fair and honest

[00:04:29] 我会马上走开

[00:04:29] I'll die with my hammer in my hand

[00:04:32] 我死时我的手会握着我的铁锤

[00:04:32] But I'll be laughin'

[00:04:33] 但是我会大笑

[00:04:33] 'Cuz you can't replace a steel drivin' man

[00:04:38] 因为你不能取代一个钢铁般的男人

[00:04:38] There was a big crowd of people

[00:04:40] 这里有一大群人

[00:04:40] At the mountain

[00:04:42] 在山上

[00:04:42] John Henry said to the steam drill

[00:04:44] John Henry对蒸汽驱动钻机说

[00:04:44] How is you

[00:04:46] 你怎么样

[00:04:46] Pardon me mister steam drill

[00:04:48] 原谅我 先生 蒸汽驱动钻机

[00:04:48] I suppose you didn't hear me

[00:04:49] 我想你应该没有听说过我

[00:04:49] I said How're you

[00:04:51] 我说你好吗

[00:04:51] Well can you turn a jack can you lay a track

[00:04:57] 你能够用千斤顶顶起重物，你能够铺铁轨吗

[00:04:57] Can you pick and shovel too

[00:05:01] 你能够挖掘你能够铲除吗

[00:05:01] Listen this hammer swinger's talkin' to you

[00:05:28] 听听这个挥动的铁锤正在对你说的话

[00:05:28] Two thousand people hollered Go John Henry

[00:05:32] 两千个人对John Henry叫喊

[00:05:32] Then somebody hollered The mountain's caving in

[00:05:36] 然后有人喊大山正在坍塌

[00:05:36] John Henry told the captain

[00:05:38] John Henry对队长说

[00:05:38] Tell the kind folks don't worry

[00:05:40] 告诉人们不要担心

[00:05:40] That ain't nothin'

[00:05:41] 这没什么

[00:05:41] But my hammer suckin' wind it

[00:05:43] 但是我的铁锤正在支撑着它

[00:05:43] Keeps me breathin'

[00:05:44] 让我保持呼吸

[00:05:44] A steel driver's muscle I intend

[00:05:53] 我的钢铁般的肌肉支撑着我

[00:05:53] Captain tell the people move back further

[00:05:57] 队长告诉人们更进一步移动

[00:05:57] I'm at the finish line

[00:05:58] 我现在在终点线

[00:05:58] And there ain't no drill

[00:06:01] 这里没有钻孔

[00:06:01] It's so far behind

[00:06:02] 它是如此落后

[00:06:02] But yet ain't got the brains to quit it

[00:06:05] 但是没有退出的想法

[00:06:05] When she blows up

[00:06:06] 当她爆炸

[00:06:06] She'll scatter 'cross the hills Lord lordy

[00:06:09] 她会在山丘分散开来，主啊

[00:06:09] When she blows up

[00:06:09] 当她爆炸

[00:06:09] She'll scatter 'cross the hills

[00:06:23] 她会在山丘分散开来

[00:06:23] Well John Henry had a little woman

[00:06:28] John Henry有一个小女人

[00:06:28] I believe the lady's name was Polly Ann

[00:06:32] 我相信那个女人的名字是Polly Ann

[00:06:32] Yeah that was his good woman

[00:06:34] 那是他的好女人

[00:06:34] John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder

[00:06:36] John Henry从肩膀上扔下他的铁锤

[00:06:36] And went on home

[00:06:38] 然后回家了

[00:06:38] He laid down to rest his weary back

[00:06:40] 他躺下让他疲倦的身体放松

[00:06:40] And early next mornin'

[00:06:41] 在下一个早晨

[00:06:41] He said Come here Polly Ann come here sugar

[00:06:45] 他说 过来这里Polly Ann，过来这里甜心

[00:06:45] Ya know I believe this is the first time

[00:06:47] 我第一次相信了

[00:06:47] I ever watched

[00:06:48] 我曾经注视着

[00:06:48] The sun come up that I couldn't come up

[00:06:51] 太阳升到我无法到达的地方

[00:06:51] Take my hammer Polly Ann

[00:06:52] Polly Ann拿着我的铁锤

[00:06:52] And go to that railroad

[00:06:54] 然后去那个铁路

[00:06:54] Swing that hammer like you seen me do it

[00:06:56] 挥动着那个铁锤就像你看到的我做的那样

[00:06:56] And when you're swingin' with the lead man

[00:06:58] 当你和领头人一起工作

[00:06:58] They'll all know

[00:06:59] 他们都会知道

[00:06:59] They'll all know you're John Henry's woman

[00:07:02] 他们都会知道你是John Henry的女人

[00:07:02] But but tell them ain't all you can do

[00:07:04] 但是告诉他们你不是所有都会做

[00:07:04] Tell 'em I can hoist a jack

[00:07:07] 告诉他们我能够吊起千斤重物

[00:07:07] And I can lay a track

[00:07:09] 我可以铺铁轨

[00:07:09] I can pick

[00:07:10] 我可以挖掘

[00:07:10] And shovel too ain't no machine can

[00:07:15] 我也可以做到机器不能做到的铲除

[00:07:15] That's been proved to you

[00:07:27] 那一定会证明你

[00:07:27] There was a big crowd of mourners

[00:07:29] 这里有一大群哀悼者

[00:07:29] At the church house

[00:07:32] 在教堂前

[00:07:32] The section hands laid him in the sand

[00:07:36] 护路工站在沙子上

[00:07:36] Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid

[00:07:42] 火车在John Henry铺的铁轨上前行

[00:07:42] They slow down

[00:07:43] 他们放慢速度

[00:07:43] And take off their hats the men do

[00:07:45] 像绅士一样脱掉帽子

[00:07:45] When they come to the place

[00:07:46] 当他们到达那个地方

[00:07:46] Where John Henry's layin'

[00:07:47] John Henry躺着的地方

[00:07:47] Restin' his back some of 'em

[00:07:49] 让他们好好休息

[00:07:49] Say Mornin' steel driver

[00:07:52] 说早上好钢铁工人

[00:07:52] You sure was a hammer swinger

[00:07:54] 你确实是一个挥动着铁锤的人

[00:07:54] Then they go on by pickin' up

[00:07:55] 然后他们继续拿着它

[00:07:55] A little speed

[00:07:56] 一点点加速

[00:07:56] Clickity clack

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[00:08:00] Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord

[00:08:04] 那边躺着的钢铁工人，主啊

[00:08:04] Yonder lies a steel drivin' man

[00:08:08] 那边躺着的钢铁工人

[00:08:08] Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord

[00:08:13] 那边躺着的钢铁工人，主啊

[00:08:13] Yonder lies a steel drivin' man

[00:08:17] 那边躺着的钢铁工人

[00:08:17] Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord

[00:08:20] 那边躺着的钢铁工人，主啊

[00:08:20] Yonder lies a steel drivin' man

[00:08:25] 那边躺着的钢铁工人