Blue Diamond Mines - Jean Ritchie

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I remember the ways in the bygone days

我记得过去的日子

When we was all in our prime

在我们意气风发的时候

How us and john l gave the old man hell

我们和John是怎么在一起的我让那老头生不如死

Down in the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

Where the whistle would blow 'fore the rooster crowed

Full two hours before daylight

天亮前整整两个小时

When a man done his best and he earned his good rest

当一个人拼尽全力他应该好好休息

And had seventeen dollars at night

晚上挣到十七块钱

In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I have worked my life away

我埋头苦干一辈子

In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

Oh fall on your knees and pray

双膝跪地虔诚祈祷

You old black gold you've taken my soul

你让我心醉神迷

Your dust has darkened my home

你的尘埃遮蔽了我的家

And now that i'm old you're turning your back

如今我老了你却离我而去

Where else can an old miner go

一个老矿工还能去哪里

Well first it's big block and then leatherwood

好吧首先这是一个大街区然后是皮革木

And now it's blue diamond too

现在也变成了蓝色钻石

The pits are all closed and it's go find a job

矿井都封了只能去找工作了

What else can an old miner do

一个老矿工还能做什么

In the mines in the mines

在矿井里

In the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I worked my life away

我拼尽全力

In the mines in the mines

在矿井里

In the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I fall on my knees and pray

我双膝跪地虔诚祈祷

Your union is dead and you're shaking your head

你的工会完蛋了你摇摇头

They say mining's had its day

他们说采矿业的日子不好过了

But you're stripping off my mountain top

可你让我失去了巅峰

And you pay me three dollars a day

你每天付给我三美元

Well you might get a poke of welfare meat

你可能会得到一大笔钱

A little poke of welfare flour

一点点福利面粉

But i tell you right now you won't qualify

但我现在告诉你你没有资格

Less you work for a quarter an hour

除非你工作一刻钟

In the mines in the mines

在矿井里

In the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I worked my life away

我拼尽全力

In the mines in the mines

在矿井里

In the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I fall on my knees and pray

我双膝跪地虔诚祈祷

John l had a dream but it's broken it seems

约翰我做了一个梦但它似乎支离破碎

Our union is letting us down

我们的联盟让我们失望透顶

Last week they took away my hospital card

上周他们没收了我的住院卡

And it's why don't you leave this old town

这就是为何你不离开这座老城

Well you go downtown and you hang around

你去市中心四处闲逛

Well maybe it ain't so bad

也许没那么糟

Then you come back home and they meet you at the door

然后你回到家他们在门口等你

And it's what did you bring me dad

重要的是你给我带来了什么爸爸

In the mines in the mines

在矿井里

In the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I worked my life away

我拼尽全力

In the mines in the mines

在矿井里

In the blue diamond mines

在蓝色钻石矿里

I fall on your knees and pray

我跪倒在你的膝上虔诚祈祷