Ol' Red - American Country Hits/Country Music/Modern Country Heroes
Well I caught my wife with another man
我发现我妻子出轨了
And it cost me ninety nine
结果我要劳改九十九年
On a prison farm in Georgia
就在乔治亚洲的一个监狱
Close to the Florida line
靠近佛罗里达州的边界
Well I'd been here for two long years
我在这里已经待了两年
I finally made the warden my friend
终于和监狱长成为了朋友
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
所以他给我安排了个好差事
Taking care of Ol' Red
照看老雷德这条猎犬
Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seen
老雷德真是我见过最厉害的狗
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
他那灵敏的鼻子可以嗅出两天前的痕迹
He's a four legged tracking machine
他简直就是一台长了四条腿的跟踪仪
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
如果你够厉害 够幸运
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
或许可以淌过沼泽躲过鳄鱼逃出去
But all these years that I've been here
但我在这里这么多年了
Ain't nobody got past Red
没人能逃过老雷德
And the warden sang
监狱长甚至放出狠话
Come on somebody
来呀 来试试啊
Why don't you run
看你们跑不跑得掉
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
老雷德正愁找不到乐子呢
Get my lantern
提着我的灯笼
Get my gun
带上我的枪
Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes
老雷德会在天亮之前就让你筋疲力尽
Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
我给警卫塞钱 托他寄了一封信
To my cousin up in Tennessee
寄给我田纳西的老表
Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
叫他准备了一只布鲁泰克母猎犬
She was pretty as she could be
这狗狗真是漂亮
Well they penned her up in the swampland
他们把她放在了那片沼泽地
'Bout a mile just south of the gate
监狱南边一英里的地方
And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
然后傍晚我带着老雷德去遛弯
I'd just drop him off and wait
我就松开绳子静静等候
And the warden sang
监狱长甚至放出狠话
Come on somebody
来呀 来试试啊
Why don't you run
看你们跑不跑得掉
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
老雷德正愁找不到乐子呢
Get my lantern
提着我的灯笼
Get my gun
带上我的枪
Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes
老雷德会在天亮之前就让你筋疲力尽
Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing
如今老雷德已经习惯了
His lady every night
每晚都和他的女朋友约会
And so I kept him away for three or four days
于是我故意让他们三四天都见不着
And waited till the time got right
我等待时机成熟
Well I made my run with the evenin' sun
然后在傍晚时分破牢而逃
And I smiled when I heard 'em turn Red out
当听到他们放出老雷德时 我微微一笑
'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
因为我是向北逃向田纳西
And Ol' Red was headed south
而老雷德一心向着南边跑
And the warden sang
监狱长甚至放出狠话
Come on somebody
来呀 来试试啊
Why don't you run
看你们跑不跑得掉
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
老雷德正愁找不到乐子呢
Get my lantern
提着我的灯笼
Get my gun
带上我的枪
Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes
老雷德会在天亮之前就让你筋疲力尽
Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the South
如今南方到处都是红毛布鲁泰克猎犬
Love got me in here and love got me out
爱让我身陷囹圄 爱让我逃出生天