Engine 143 - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹)

Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line

F15号列车是这条铁路上最快的车

Running o'er the C&O road just

飞驰在C&O铁路上

Twenty minutes behind

已经行驶了二十分钟

Running into Cevile head

一路前进

Porters on the line

前往这条铁路的总部所在地

Receiving their strict

上一个车站

Orders from a station just behind

下达了严格的命令

Georgie's mother came to him

Georgie的妈妈来到他身边

With a bucket on her arm

怀里抱着一个桶

Saying my darling son

说道 我亲爱的儿子

Be careful how you run

行驶的时候小心点

For many a man has lost his life

很多人失去了生命

In trying to make lost time

只是想要赶时间

And if you run your engine right

如果你控制好引擎

You'll get there just on time

你会准时抵达终点的

Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed

在路上 他撞到了石头 出车祸了

Upside down the engine turned

引擎颠倒了过来

And Georgie's breast did smash

Georgie的胸口被恨恨地撞击

His head was against the firebox door

他的头靠在锅炉炉膛的门上

The flames are rolling high

滚滚烈焰 熊熊燃烧

I'm glad I was born for an engineer

我很高兴自己是个工程师

See the old road to die

可以一辈子和火车打交道

The doctor said to Georgie

医生说 Georgie

My darling boy be still

亲爱的孩子 躺着别动

Your life may yet be saved

你的命可能保不住了

If it is God's blessed will

这可能是上帝的旨意吧

Oh no said George that will

不要啊 George说

Not do I want to die so free

他不想就这样死去

I want to die for the engine

我想为了引擎而死

I love one hundred and forty three

我喜欢143引擎

The doctor said to Georgie your life

医生对Georgie说 你的命

Cannot be saved

保不住了

Murdered upon a railroad

葬身铁路

And laid in a lonesome grave

躺在孤零零的坟墓

His face was covered up with

他的脸上沾满了血迹

Blood his eyes they could not see

他的眼睛已经看不见

And the very last words poor Georgie

可怜的Georgie最后只说了一句

Said was nearer my God to thee

愿主与我相亲