Hey Nelly Nelly - Judy Collins

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Written by：Shel Silverstein/Jim Friedman

Hey Nelly Nelly come to the window

嘿，Nelly，到窗边来

Hey Nelly Nelly look at what I see

嘿Nelly看看我眼中所见

He's riding into town on a sway back mule

他骑着骡子进城去

Got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool

他戴着黑色的高帽子看起来就像个傻瓜

He sure is talking like he's been to school

他说得好像他上过学

And it's 1851

现在是1851年

Hey Nelly Nelly listen what he's saying

嘿Nelly听他说什么

Hey Nelly Nelly he says it's getting late

嘿Nelly他说时间不早了

And he says them black folks should all be free

他说黑人同胞都应该获得自由

To walk around the same as you and me

像你我一样四处走动

And he's talking about a thing he calls democracy

他在谈论一种他称之为民主的东西

And it's 1858

现在是1858年

Hey Nelly Nelly hear the band a playing

嘿Nelly听着乐队演奏

Hey Nelly Nelly hand me down my gun

嘿Nelly把我的枪递给我

Cause the men are cheering and the boys are too

因为男人们欢呼雀跃男孩们也欢呼雀跃

They're all putting on their coats of blue

他们都穿上了蓝色外套

I can't sit around here and talk to you

我不能坐在这里和你说话

Cause it's 1861

因为这是1861年

Hey Nelly Nelly

嘿耐莉耐莉

Come to the window

到窗边来

Hey Nelly Nelly I've come home alive

嘿Nelly我已经活着回家了

My coat of blue is stained with red

我的蓝色外套染上了红色

And the man in the tall black hat is dead

戴着黑色高帽的人已经死去

But we sure will remember all the things he said

但我们一定会记得他说过的话

In 1865

在1865年

Hey Nelly Nelly come to the window

嘿，Nelly，到窗边来

Hey Nelly Nelly look at what I see

嘿Nelly看看我眼中所见

I see white folks and colored walking side by side

我看见白人和有色人种并肩而行

They're walking in a column that's a century wide

他们走在纵横交错的世界里

It's still a long and a hard and a bloody ride

这依然是一段漫长艰辛的旅程

In 1964

1964年