Dear Mr. President - The Almanac Singers

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Dear Mr President I set me down

亲爱的总统先生我让自己平静下来

To send you greetings from my home town

从我的家乡向你致以问候

And send you best wishes from all the friends I know

我认识的所有朋友都送上祝福

In Texas Alabama Ohio

在德克萨斯阿拉巴马俄亥俄

And affiliated

附属的

I'm an ordinary guy worked most of my life

我是个普通人大部分时间都在工作

Sometime I'll settle down with my kids and wife

有时候我会和我的孩子和妻子安定下来

And I like to see a movie or take a little drink

我喜欢看电影或者小酌几杯

I like being free to say what I think

我喜欢畅所欲言的感觉

Sort of runs in the family

家族遗传

My grandpa crossed the ocean for the same reason

我的祖父为了同样的理由漂洋过海

Now I hate Hitler and I can tell you why

现在我恨希特勒我可以告诉你为什么

He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and die

他让很多善良的人受尽折磨死去

He's got a way of shoving folks around

他总能把人推来推去

I figure it's about time we slapped him down

我想是时候教训他一顿了

Give him a dose of his own medicine

以牙还牙

Lead poisoning

铅中毒

Now Mr President

总统先生

We haven't always agreed in the past I know

我们过去并非总是意见一致我知道

But that ain't at all important now

但现在已经不重要了

What is important is what we got to do

重要的是我们要做什么

We got to lick Mr hitler and until we do

Other things can wait

其他事情可以等等

In other words first we got a skunk to skin

换句话说首先我们要干掉一个卑鄙小人

War means overtime and higher prices

战争意味着加班和更高的物价

But we're all willing to make sacrifices

但我们都愿意做出牺牲

Hell I'd even stop fighting with my motherinlaw

我甚至会停止和我岳母的争吵

'Cause we need her too to win the war

因为我们也需要她来赢得这场战争

Old battle ax

破旧的战斧

Now as I think of our great land

现在当我想起我们伟大的祖国

Of the cities and towns and farming land

城镇和农田

There's so many good people working every day

每天都有很多好人在工作

I know it ain't perfect but it will be some day

我知道这并不完美但总有一天会完美的

Just give us a little time

给我们一点时间

This is the reason that I want to fight

这就是我想战斗的原因

Not because every thing's perfect or every thing's right

并不是因为每一件事都完美无缺

No it's just the opposite I'm fighting because I want

正好相反我抗争是因为我想要

A better America with better laws

一个拥有更好法律的更好的美国

And better homes and jobs and schools

住上更好的房子更幸福的工作更幸福

And no more Jim crow and no more rules

再也不要装腔作势不再遵守规则

Like

喜欢

You can't ride on this train 'cause you're a negro

你不能坐这列火车因为你是个黑人

You can't live here 'cause you're a jew

你不能住在这里因为你是犹太人

You can't work here 'cause you're a union man

你不能在这里工作因为你是工会的人

There's a line keeps running through my head

我的脑海里一直回荡着一句话

I think it was something joe louis once said

我想这是JoeLouis曾经说过的话

Said there's lots of things wrong

我说有很多地方不对劲

But Hitler won't help 'em

可希特勒不会帮他们

Now Mr President

总统先生

You're commanderinchief of our armed forces

你是我们军队的总司令

Ships and planes and the tanks and horses

舰船飞机坦克和战马

I guess you know best just where I can fight

我想你最清楚我该去哪里战斗

All I want to be is situated right

我只想找到称心如意的位置

To do the most damage

造成最大的伤害

I never was one to try and shirk

我从来不是一个逃避现实的人

And let the other fellow do all the work

让另一个人做所有的工作

So when the time comes I'll be on hand

当时机成熟时我会与你亲密无间

And make good use of these two hands

好好利用这双手

Quit playing this banjo around with the boys

别再和兄弟们玩班卓琴了

And exchange it for something that makes more noise

用它来交换噪音更大的东西

So Mr President

所以总统先生

We've got this one big job to do

我们有一件大事要做

That's lick Mr Hitler and when we're through

Let no one else ever take his place

让任何人都无法取代他的位置

To trample down the human race

将人类踩在脚下

So what I want is you to give me a gun

所以我想要的是你给我一把枪

So we can hurry up and get the job done

所以我们可以抓紧时间完成工作