George Gudger’s Overalls - Doc Watson

George Gudger's Overalls - Doc Watson
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
As I walked out one mornin'
当我清晨漫步出门
In the Alabama chill
阿拉巴马的寒风刺骨
I saw some old friends hangin'
看见老友的旧物悬挂
From a tree on Hobie's Hill
在霍比山岗的树梢处
By their tattered legs
破旧的裤腿随风
They dangled drippin' down along the spine
沿着树干斑驳垂落
It was old George Gudger's overalls
那是乔治·古德杰的工装裤
A-drying on the line
在晾衣绳上轻轻飘舞
George Gudger he's an honest cuss
乔治·古德杰是个老实人
And he likes to work his land
他最爱耕耘自家田地
I'd long admired them overalls
我长久羡慕那条工装裤
That I held there in my hand
此刻正握在我手心
My brand new pair was stiffer
我的新裤子硬得像
Than a starched-up Sunday suit
浆洗过的礼拜日礼服
But his could walk 'round by themselves
而他的裤子能自己走动
And plow the corn to boot
还能顺带犁玉米地
Now the knees looked almost bloody
裤膝上沾满红土 仿佛渗着血迹
From the red Hale County clay
来自黑尔郡那赭红色的黏土
George Gudger's debts and prayers had kept him
乔治·古德杰终日跪地劳作
Kneelin' down all day
为债务与祈祷耗尽岁月
Old George owes me money
老乔治欠我些许钱财
But I owe him my respect
我却欠他满怀敬意
If these overalls will fit me
若这工装裤合我身形
Boy I'll forget about his debt
他的债务我便不再提起
I stepped in to them big old legs like fallin
我踏入那宽大的裤管 如同坠入矿井
Down a mine
跌入深渊
Then I heard a ragged chuckle
忽闻一阵沙哑笑声
And there stood old George behind
老乔治正站在身后
A smile of old tobacco juice was tricklin
烟汁顺着他的胡须
Down his chin
缓缓流淌
He said "You might as well try walkin' round
他说"你不如试着穿着走走看"
In someone else's skin "
穿着别人的皮囊
"But son
但孩子啊
If you like them old friends of mine so much
若你真这么喜欢我老友的旧物
I guess I can let 'em go
我想我可以割爱
Had to lean 'em to me wife last year
去年不得不借给怀孕的妻子
While she's carry'n Little Joe
那时她正怀着我们的乔
She bent down in the fields one day
有天她在田间弯腰劳作
And split that tired old seam
磨破了那条疲惫的旧缝线
And now she gone and beat 'em half to death
如今她已将它们捶打得破旧不堪
On that rock down by the stream'
在那溪边的石头上
The knees looked almost bloody
膝盖处几乎渗出血迹
From the red Hale County clay
来自黑尔郡那赭红色的黏土
George Gudger's debts and prayers
乔治·古德杰的债务与祈祷
Kept him they kneelin' down all day
让他终日跪地劳作
You know I walked just like a drunken man
我踉跄行走如醉汉
They almost made me fall
它们几乎让我跌倒
They kept tryin' to steer me back place towards Gudger's
他们总想指引我回到古德杰的住处
Cuz they're still Old George's overalls
因为那仍是老乔治的工装裤
At home before the mirror
在家中对镜自照时
I seemed to be a different man
我仿佛变成了另一个人
In my mind they kept a seein'
脑海中不断浮现
His farmed out patch of land
他那片贫瘠的农田
So I took him back his overalls and a week supply of food
于是我归还了他的工装裤 还留下一周的食物
I also left my brand new pair and sneaked home in the nude
还留下我崭新的裤子 赤着身子悄悄回家