Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Blind Willie McTell

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Little Jesse was a gambler night and day

小Jesse日夜都在赌博

He used crooked cards and dice

他用了不正当的手段

He was a sinful boy good hearted but had no soul

他是个罪孽深重的男孩心地善良但是没有灵魂

Heart was hard and cold like ice

心如寒冰般冰冷

Jesse was a wild reckless gambler

Jesse是个放纵不羁的赌徒

Won a gang of change

赢得了一帮人的青睐

Altho' a many gambler's heart he led in pain

虽然有一颗赌徒的心他让我痛苦不堪

Little Jesse began to lose his money

小Jesse开始失去他的钱

But he was all alone

可他孤身一人

And his heart had even turned to stone

他的心已经变成了石头

The police walked up and shot my friend Jesse down

警察走上前来朝我的朋友Jesse开枪

Said boys I got to die today

朋友们我今天就要死去

He had a gang of crapshooters and gamblers at his bedside

他身边有一帮放浪形骸的家伙和赌徒

But here are the words he had to say

但这是他必须说的话

I get that all to lone

我把一切都交给我

How're I want to go

我怎么想走

How you wanna go Jesse

Jesse你想怎么样

I wants eight crapshooters for my pallbearers

我需要八个枪手来为我的护柩者服务

Let 'em be veiled down in black

让他们披上黑色的面纱

I want nine men going to the graveyard

我要九个人去墓地

But only eight men comin' back

但只有八个人回来了

I wants a gang of gamblers gathered 'round my coffin-side

我希望一帮赌徒聚集在我的棺材旁

With a crooked card printed on my hearse

灵车上印着一张歪歪扭扭的卡片

Don't say the crapshooters'll never grieve over me

别说街头杀手永远不会为我伤心

My life been a doggone curse

我的人生就是一个诅咒

Send poker players to the graveyard

把扑克牌玩家送进坟墓

Dig my grave with the ace of spades

用黑桃A为我挖坟墓

I want twelve polices in my funeral march

我希望我的葬礼进行曲里有十二个警察

High sheriff playin' blackjack lead the parade

警长玩着二十一点引领游行

I want the judge and solic'ter who jailed me 14 times

我想要那个判了我十四年监禁的法官和孤独者

Put a pair of dice in my shoes

在我的鞋子里放一把骰子

Let a deck of cards be my tombstone

让一副纸牌成为我的墓碑

I got the dyin' crapshooter's blues

我有奄奄一息的说唱歌手的布鲁斯音乐

I want

我要

Sixteen real good crapshooters

十六个优秀的说唱歌手

Sixteen bootleggers to sing a song

十六个私酒贩子唱一首歌

Sixteen buck-riders gamblin'

十六个牛仔在赌博

With a couple tends bar while I'm rollin' along

带着几把枪我一路狂飙

He wanted 22 womens outta the Hampton Hotel

他想要从汉普顿酒店带走二十二个女人

26 off-a South Bell

坐着南贝尔二十六英里

29 women outta North Atlanta

亚特兰大北部的29名女性

Know that little Jesse didn't pass out so swell

我知道那个小Jesse没有晕过去

His head was achin' heart was thumpin'

他的头很痛心怦怦直跳

Little Jesse went down bouncin' and jumpin'

小Jesse尽情摇摆尽情摇摆

Folks don't be standin' around Jesse cryin'

大家不要站在Jesse身边哭哭啼啼

He wants everybody to do the Charleston whilst he dyin'

他希望在他奄奄一息的时候每个人都唱起Charleston的歌

One foot up a toenail dragging

一只脚翘着脚趾甲拖着

Throw my buddy Jesse in the hoodoo wagon

把我的兄弟Jesse扔进车里

Come here mama with that can of booze

来吧姑娘带着一罐酒

He's got the dyin' crapshooter's blues passin' out

他让说唱歌手奄奄一息的布鲁斯音乐散发出来

Well the dyin' crapshooter's blues

好吧死亡之人的忧伤