Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail - Michael Martin Murphey

Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail - Michael Martin Murphey
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Way high up in the Sierry Peaks
在高耸的塞拉山峰之巅
Where the yellow-jack pines grow tall
黄松树挺拔入云
Sandy Bob and Buster Jiggs
桑迪·鲍勃和巴斯特·吉格斯
Had a round-up camp last fall
去年秋天在那里扎营围捕
They'd taken their ponies and their running irons
他们带上马匹和烙铁
Maybe a dog or two
或许还有一两只狗
And they lowed thy'd brand every long-eared calf
他们发誓要标记每一只长耳小牛
That came within their view
只要进入他们的视线
Now many a long-eared doggie
许多长耳朵的小牛
That didn't push up by day
白天没有被人驱赶
Had his old ears whittled and his old hide sizzled
它们的耳朵被修剪，皮被烙铁烫
In a most artistic way
以一种非常艺术的方式
Now Sandy Bob he said one day
有一天，Sandy Bob说道
As he throwed his cigar down
他扔下雪茄
I'm tired of this cowography
我厌倦了这种牛仔生活
And I allows I'm a going into town
我决定进城去
Well they saddled their ponies up and they struckem a lope
他们给马儿备好鞍，策马奔腾
And how them boys could ride
这些小伙子骑术了得
And them was the days that a ol cowboy
在那个年代，老牛仔们
Could oil up his whole inside
可以尽情畅饮
Well they started out at the Kentucky Bar
他们从肯塔基酒吧出发
At the head of the Whisky Row
在威士忌街的尽头
And they wound down at the Depot House
最后在车站旅馆落脚
About forty drinks below
喝下了四十杯酒
Well they setem up and they turned 'em around
他们摆好阵势，调转方向
And they went the other way
朝着另一条路前进
And I swear the God-forsaken truth
我发誓，这是千真万确的事实
Them boys got drunk that day
那天那些小伙子们都喝得酩酊大醉
They mounted up and they headed to camp
他们骑上马，朝营地进发
And they was packing a pretty good load
身上还带着不少酒意
When who should they meet
就在这时，他们遇到了谁
But the Devil himself
正是魔鬼本人
Come prancing down the road
他们沿着道路欢快地走来
Well the devil says You ornery skunks
魔鬼说道：“你们这些讨厌的家伙
You better hunt your holes
最好躲回你们的洞里
Cause I'm the Devil from Hell's rim rock
因为我是来自地狱边缘的魔鬼
Come to gather in your souls
来收割你们的灵魂”
Sandy Bob said Devil be damned
桑迪·鲍勃说：“魔鬼，去你的
We may be a little bit tight
我们可能有点醉了
But before you gather any cowboy souls
但在你收割任何牛仔的灵魂之前”
You're gonna have a helluva fight
你将面临一场恶战
He swung his rope and he swung it straight
他甩动绳索，直直地甩出
And he also swung it true
并且准确无误
He caught the Devil by both his horns
他用绳索套住了魔鬼的双角
And taken his dallies too
并且牢牢地绑住了他
Now Buster Jigg was a reata man
现在，Buster Jigg是个绳索高手
With his rawhide coiled up neat
他的生牛皮绳整齐地盘着
He shook it out and he built him a loop
他抖开绳索，迅速打了个圈
And he latched the Devils hind feet
他抓住了魔鬼的后蹄
Well they stretches him out and they tails him down
他们把他拉直并绑住
While the running-irons were getting hot
趁烙铁还在加热
And they cropped and swallow-forked his ears
他们剪开并分叉了他的耳朵
And they branded him up a lot
还在他身上烙了许多印记
And left there here pick night black jack cold
留下他在这漆黑的夜晚
But for this life to a little pin oak
但为了这生活，像一棵小橡树
Tied ten knots in his tail for a joke
他们在他尾巴上打了十个结作为玩笑
Now when you're high in the Sierry Peaks
当你身处塞拉山脉的高峰
And you hear one hell of a wail
听到一声凄厉的哀嚎
It's just the Devil himself
那正是魔鬼本尊
Yelling bout them knots in his tail
在抱怨他尾巴上的结