Little Joe Wrangler - Marty Robbins (马丁·罗宾逊)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by:N. Howard Jack Thorp
Little Joe the wrangler will wrangle nevermore
牛仔小乔再也不能挥动套索
His days with the roundup they are o'er
他随牛群奔走的岁月已落幕
Was a year ago last April when he rode into our camp
去年四月他骑马来到我们营地
Just a little Texas stray and nothing more
只是个德克萨斯流浪儿 仅此而已
Was late in the evening when he rode into our camp
那晚暮色沉沉时他来到营地
On the little Texas pony he called Chaw
骑着那匹名叫嚼子的德州小马
With his brogan shoes and overalls a tougher looking kid
粗布工装和笨重靴子 更显他坚韧模样
You never in your life before had saw
这般倔强的少年你从未见过
His saddle was a Texas Kack built many years ago
他的马鞍是德州老匠多年前打造
An ok spur on one foot lightly swung
单脚马刺轻晃 叮当作响
With his packroll in a cotton sack so loosely tied behind
棉布行囊松松垮垮系在马后
And a canteen from his saddle horn was slung
水壶在鞍角悠悠荡荡
He said he had to leave his home his pa had married twice
他说不得不离开家乡 父亲两度娶妻
His new ma whipped him every day or two
继母的鞭子隔三差五落身上
So he saddled up old Chaw one night and lit a shuck his way
那夜他给老乔套鞍 趁着星光启程
He said he'd try to paddle his own canoe
发誓要独自闯出自己的人生
He said if we would give him work he'd do the best he could
他说只要给他活干 定会竭尽全力
Though he didn't know straight up about a cow
虽然对牧牛一窍不通
So the boss he cut him out a mount and kindly put him on
老板还是给了他马匹 好心收留了他
He sorta liked this little kid somehow
不知为何就是喜欢这少年
He learned to wrangle horses and learned to know them all
他学会驯服野马 熟识每匹脾性
And get them in at daybreak if he could
破晓时分总能赶回马群
And to trail the old chuck wagon and always hitch the team
跟着炊事马车前行 套好每队辕马
And help to cook each evening rustle wood
每晚劈柴帮厨从不懈怠
We had hardly reached the Pecos the weather it was fine
我们刚抵达佩科斯河畔 天气晴朗宜人
We were camped down on the south side in a draw
驻扎在南边的洼地里休整
When a northern commenced blowing and we doubled up our guards
北风突然呼啸而至 我们加派了守卫
It took every one of us to hold them in
全员出动才能稳住牛群
Little Joe the wrangler was called out with the rest
小乔这个新来的牛仔 也被召唤上阵
Scarcely had the little fellow reached the herd
这小伙子刚冲到牛群跟前
When the cattle they stampeded like a hailstorm on they fled
受惊的牛群就像冰雹般四散奔逃
And everyone was ridin' for the lead
每个人都拼命追赶领头牛
Amid the streaks of lightnin' there was one horse up ahead
闪电划破天际 只见一骑当先
He was tryin' to check the leaders in their speed
他奋力勒住头马 试图放缓奔蹄
It was little Joe the wrangler with a slicker o'er his head
那是小乔牧童 雨衣在风中翻飞
He was ridin' old blue rocket in the lead
骑着老蓝火号 冲在最前线
At last we got them millin' and kinda quited down
终于让牛群停驻 骚动渐渐平息
And the extra guards back to the wagon went
后备守卫们陆续返回篷车
But there was one a missin' we could see it at a glance
但清点人数时 我们立即发现
Was our little Texas stray poor wrangler Joe
少了德州来的流浪儿 可怜的小乔
Next morning just at daybreak we found where rocket fell
黎明破晓时分 我们寻得火箭坠落处
Down in a washout twenty feet below
在二十英尺深的冲沟底部
Beneath his horse his life had gone his spung had run its knell
马匹压身魂已逝 命运钟声终停驻
Was our little Texas stray poor wrangler Joe
少了德州来的流浪儿 可怜的小乔