The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - John Denver (约翰·丹佛)
Virgil Caine is the name
我名叫维吉尔 凯恩
I served on the Danville Train
在丹维尔火车上工作
So much cavalry came
直到斯通曼的骑兵队来袭
And tore up the tracks again
并把铁轨再次掀翻
In the summer of sixty-five
那是六五年的冬天
We were hungry just barely alive
我们都饿得要死 只能勉强果腹
By May the tenth Richmond had fell
到了五月 里士满终于被攻陷
It's a time I remember so well
那是我记忆深刻的一段时间
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the bells were ringin'
铃声叮叮作响
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the people were singin'
人们正在歌唱
They went la na na na na na
他们唱道
La na na na na na na na
Back home in Tennessee
我和妻子回到了田纳西州
My wife called out for me
突然一天她跟我说
Say Virgil come quick and see
维吉尔快看
There goes Robert E Lee
罗伯特 爱德华 李将军逃跑了
I don't mind choppin' wood
现在我不在乎我是否需要去砍柴
And I don't care if da money ain't good
也不在乎是否有足够的钱花
You take what you need and save the rest
你拿走你所需的 然后将其他的留下
But they should never have taken the very best
上天不可能总是给你最好的
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the bells were ringin'
铃声叮叮作响
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the people were singin'
人们正在歌唱
They went la na na na na na
他们唱道
La na na na na na na na
Like my father before me
我如果像先父那样
He was a workin' man
在田间劳作的话 我会成为一个农民
Like my brother above me
而如果我像哥哥那样
He took a rebel's stand
参加反叛运动的话 我会是一个起义者
He was just eighteen proud and brave
他刚满十八岁 自信又勇敢
When a Yankee laid him in his grave
但一个北方人让他魂归墓园
I swear by the blood beneath my feet
我咒骂脚底的泥土
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
你为什么不能让我死去的哥哥复活呢
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the bells were ringin'
铃声叮叮作响
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the people were singin'
人们正在歌唱
They went la na na na na na
他们唱道
La na na na na na na na
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the bells were ringin'
铃声叮叮作响
The night they drove old Dixie down
那晚他们驶进南部诸州
And the people were singin'
人们正在歌唱
They went la na na na na na
他们唱道
La na na na na na na na
La na na na na na
La na na na na na na na