Down On Pennys Farm - Natalie Merchant

Down On Pennys Farm - Natalie Merchant
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Come here ladies and gentleman
女士们先生们请听好
Listen to my song
且听我唱这首歌谣
Play it to you right
我会如实道来
But you may think it wrong
或许您觉得荒谬
May make you mad
可能让您恼怒
But I mean no harm
但我并无恶意
Just about the renters
只是讲述佃农们
On Pennys farm
在彭尼农场的煎熬
It's a hard time in the country
乡村生活艰难困苦
Down on Pennys farm
在佩尼农场度日如年
Go into the fields
走进田间劳作
And you work all day
终日辛勤不息
Deep into the night
直至夜深人静
But you get no pay
却得不到分文报酬
Promise you some meat
许诺给你些许肉食
Or a little bucket of lard
或一小桶猪油
It's hard to make a living
在彭尼农场谋生艰难
On Pennys farm
在彭尼农场的煎熬
It's a hard time in the country
乡村生活艰难困苦
Down on Pennys farm
在佩尼农场度日如年
Hear George Penny
听乔治·彭尼来了
Hell be coming into town
他即将进城来
With a wagon load of peaches
载着一车桃子
Not a one of them sound
却没一个完好
Gotta get his money only
只为了拿到他的钱
Gotta get a check
只为了得到一张支票
Pay you for a bushel
承诺给你一蒲式耳
But you never get a peck
却连一配克都不给
It's a hard time in the country
乡村生活艰难困苦
Down on Pennys farm
在佩尼农场度日如年
George Pennys renters
乔治·彭尼的佃农们
They be coming into town
他们来到镇上
With their hands in their pockets
双手插在破旧衣兜
And their heads hanging down
垂头丧气步履沉
Go to the merchant
蹒跚走向那债主
And the merchant hell say
债主冷眼把话抛
Your mortgage it is due
你的欠款到期了
And Im looking for my pay
我的工钱休想逃
Its a hard time in the country
乡野遍地是哀嚎
Down on Pennys farm
在佩尼农场度日如年
Deep into his pocket
颤抖的手探入衣袋深处
With a trembling hand
双手止不住地发抖
Can't pay you what I owe
我无力偿还全部债务
But ill pay you what I can
但定当竭尽所能补偿
Down to the merchant
来到商人面前
And the merchant make a call
商人一声令下
Put you on the chain gang
将你押往劳役队
Don't pay at all
分文不给的惩罚
It's a hard time in the country
乡村生活艰难困苦
Down on Pennys farm
在佩尼农场度日如年