《Mrs. Clara Sullivan’s Letter (Live)》歌词

[00:00:00] Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter - Pete Seeger

[00:00:48] 以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供

[00:00:48] Dear Mister Editor if you choose

[00:00:51] 亲爱的编辑先生如果你愿意

[00:00:51] Please send me a copy of the labor news

[00:00:55] 请把劳工消息发给我一份

[00:00:55] I've got a son in the infantry

[00:00:59] 我有个儿子在部队服役

[00:00:59] And he'd be mighty glad to see

[00:01:04] 他会很高兴看到

[00:01:04] That somebody somewhere now and then

[00:01:07] 某个人在某个地方

[00:01:07] Thinks about the lives of the mining men

[00:01:11] 想着矿工们的生活

[00:01:11] In Perry County

[00:01:15] 在佩里县

[00:01:15] In Perry County and thereabout

[00:01:19] 在佩里县附近

[00:01:19] We miners simply had to go out

[00:01:23] 我们矿工必须出去

[00:01:23] It was long hours substandard pay

[00:01:28] 工作时间很长薪水很低

[00:01:28] Then they took our contract away

[00:01:32] 他们取消了我们的合同

[00:01:32] And then fourteen months is a mighty long time

[00:01:35] 十四个月是一段漫长的时光

[00:01:35] To face the goons on the picket line

[00:01:38] 面对纠察线上的暴徒

[00:01:38] In Perry County

[00:01:43] 在佩里县

[00:01:43] I'm twenty six years a miner's wife

[00:01:48] 我已经二十六年做了矿工的妻子

[00:01:48] There's nothing harder than a miner's life

[00:01:52] 没有什么比矿工的生活更艰难了

[00:01:52] But there's no better man than a mining man

[00:01:58] 但是没有哪个男人能比得上一个矿工

[00:01:58] Couldn't find better in all this land

[00:02:03] 在这片土地上找不到比这更好的了

[00:02:03] The deal they get is a rotten deal

[00:02:07] 他们得到的是一笔肮脏的交易

[00:02:07] Mountain greens and gravy meal

[00:02:10] 山上的蔬菜和肉汁大餐

[00:02:10] In Perry County

[00:02:15] 在佩里县

[00:02:15] We live in that the rain comes in

[00:02:19] 我们生活在风雨交加的世界里

[00:02:19] While operators live high as sin

[00:02:24] 而这些家伙过着罪恶的生活

[00:02:24] Ride Cadillac cars and drink like a fool

[00:02:29] 开着凯迪拉克狂饮就像个傻瓜

[00:02:29] While our kids lack clothes to go to school

[00:02:33] 而我们的孩子连上学的衣服都没有

[00:02:33] Sheriff Combs he has it fine

[00:02:35] 康姆警长他过得很好

[00:02:35] He runs the law and owns a mine

[00:02:40] 他遵守法律拥有一座金矿

[00:02:40] In Perry County

[00:02:48] 在佩里县

[00:02:48] I believe the truth will out some day

[00:02:54] 我相信总有一天真相会浮出水面

[00:02:54] That we're fighting for jobs at decent pay

[00:03:01] 我们在为薪水可观的工作而战

[00:03:01] Why after work my man comes in

[00:03:06] 为何下班后我的男人会来找我

[00:03:06] With his wet clothes frozen to his skin

[00:03:12]

[00:03:12] Digging coal so the world can run

[00:03:15] 挖煤让这世界运转起来

[00:03:15] And operators can have their fun

[00:03:19] 经营者可以尽情玩乐

[00:03:19] In Perry County

[00:03:24] 在佩里县