Mother Country - John Stewart

Mother Country - John Stewart

There was a story in the San Francisco
《旧金山纪事报》上有一个故事
Chronicle that of course I forgot to save
当然 我忘了把它保存下来
But it was about a lady
但是它讲的是一个女人
Who lived in the good old days
生活在美好的过去
When a century was born and a century had died
新世纪之初 旧世纪之末
And about these good old days
关于那些美好旧时光
The old lady replied
这位老太说
Why they were just a lot of people
为什么那时候有那么多人
Doing the best they could
都会尽自己最大的努力做事情
Just a lot of people doing the best they could
那么多人都在尽最大的努力做事
And then the lady said that they did it
后来这位女士说 他们做到了
Pretty up and walking good
变漂亮了 步履矫健
What ever happened to those
老照片中的容颜
Faces in the old photographs
被岁月刻下了印迹
I mean the little boys
我是说那些小男孩
Boys hell they were men
男孩 他们是男人
Who stood knee deep in the Johnstown mud
他们站在Johnstown及膝的泥泞里
In the time of that terrible flood
那时候发生了可怕的洪水
And they listened to the water
他们听着水声
That awful noise
那可怕的声音
And then they put away the dreams
然后他们放弃了梦想
That belonged to little boys
本属于那些小男孩的梦想
And the sun is going down for Mister Bouie
Bouie先生所在的地方 太阳下山了
As he's singing
他歌唱着
With his class of nineteen-two
和全班一百九十二个学生一起唱
Oh mother country
我的祖国
I do love you
我好爱你
Oh mother country
我的祖国
I do love you
我好爱你
I knew a man named E A Stuart
我认识一个名叫E.A.Stuart的男人
Spelled S T U A R T
是这样拼写的 S T U A R T
And he owned some of the finest horses
他有非常优良的马
That I think I've ever seen
我觉得前所未见
And he had one favorite
有一匹是他的最爱
A champion the old Campaigner
是冠军之马 实力极强
And he called her Sweetheart On Parade
他把她叫做“Sweetheart On Parade”
And she was easily the finest horse
她无疑是上帝创造的
That the good Lord ever made
最优秀的马
But old E A Stuart he was going blind
但是E.A.Stuart的眼睛快要看不见了
And he said before I go
他说 在我彻底看不见之前
I gotta drive her one more time
我要再骑一次
So people came from miles around
所以 人们从几英里之外赶来
And they stood around the ring
站在表演场周围
No one said a word
谁都没说一句话
You know no one said a thing
谁都没有只言片语
Then here they come
他们来了
E A Stuart in the wagon right behind
E.A.Stuart就在后面的马车上
Sitting straight and proud
正襟危坐 满脸骄傲
And he's driving her stone blind
他骑在马背上 什么都看不见
And would you look at her
你快看看她
Oh she never looked finer or went better than today
她今天简直无与伦比的神气 步伐如此稳健
It's E A Stuart and the old Campaigner
是E.A.Stuart和他的爱马
Sweetheart on Parade

And the people cheered
人群欢呼雀跃
Why I even saw a grown man break right down and cry
为什么我会看见一个大男人崩溃而泣
And you know it was just a little while later
没过多久
That old E A Stuart died
E.A.Stuart就死了
And the sun it is going down for Mister Bouie
Bouie先生所在的地方 太阳下山了
As he's singing with his class of nineteen-two
他和全班一百九十二个学生一起唱着歌
Oh mother country I do love you
我的祖国 我好爱你
Oh mother country I do love you
我的祖国 我好爱你