Preatty Boy Floyd - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹)

Come gather 'round me children

孩子们 都围拢过来

A story I will tell

我有个故事要讲给你们听

Of pretty boy Floyd an outlaw

故事说的是亡命徒漂亮男孩弗洛伊德

Oklahoma knew him well

俄克拉何马州知道他

It was in the town of Shawnee

我想那是在肖尼镇上

On the Saturday afternoon

一个周六的午后里

His wife beside him in his wagon

他和妻子并排驾着马车

As into town they rode

一起往闹市区驶去

There a deputy sheriff approached him

一个代理长官向他走近

In a manner rather rude

态度蛮横不已

Using vulgar words of language

说着粗俗下流的话

And his wife she overheard

传到了他妻子耳朵里

Pretty boy grabbed a log chain

漂亮男孩弗洛伊德抓起铁链子

And the deputy grabbed a gun

代理长官拔出了枪

And in the fight that followed

一场战斗过后

He laid that deputy down

他打倒了代理长官

He took to the trees and timbers

他躲进了森林

To live a life of shame

过着耻辱的生活

Every crime in Oklahoma was added to his name

每一桩俄克拉荷马的罪案 都被说成是他所为

Yes he took to the trees and timbers

是的 他躲进了森林

On that Canadian river's shore

就在加拿大河的岸边

And our all found a welcome

我们都受到欢迎

At a many a farmer's door

在许多农民的家门口

There's a many a starving farmer

有很多饥饿的农民

The same old story told

都讲述着同样的故事

How this outlaw paid their mortgage

多亏这个亡命徒付了抵押款

And saved their little home

才保住了他们的房子

Others tell you 'bout the stranger

还有人总谈起一个陌生人

That come to beg a meal

他会向你讨顿饭 把肚子填饱

And underneath his napkin

在他的餐巾纸下面

Left a thousand dollar bill

足足留有一千美元

It was in Oklahoma city

这就是俄克拉荷马城

It was on a Christmas day

又是一个圣诞节

There come a whole car load of groceries

一辆车子满载食物开来

With a letter that did say

附着一张条子这样写

You say that I'm an outlaw

是呀 你说我是个亡命徒

You say that I'm a thief

你说我嗜偷成性

Here's a Christmas dinner

这里有一车圣诞晚餐

For the families on relief

送给要领救济的家庭

Now as through this world I ramble

我踏遍了这个世界

I see lots of funny men

见识过许多有趣的伙计

Some will rob you with a six gun

他们有些会拿枪打劫你

And some with a fountain pen

有些却只需一根钢笔

But as through this world you travel

是啊 你游尽这辈子

As through this world you roam

你行遍这一世

You never see an outlaw

也不会看见会有哪个亡命徒

Drive a family from their home

会将家人赶出他们的房子