歌词
Get down get down
躺下来吧,躺下来,
Little Henry Lee Really
可怜的亨利·李
And stay all night with me
与我整夜呆在一起
The very best lodging
最好的住宿
I can afford will be fare better'n(and) thee
虽然我乐于能负担起住宿费,但更好的是有你在
I can't get down
我不能躺下
And I won't get down
我也不愿躺下
And stay all night with thee
不愿整夜与你呆在一起
For the girl I have in that merry green land
因为那个曾与我一起在草地上嬉戏的女孩
I love far better'n thee
我爱她胜过爱你
She leaned herself against a fence
她靠在围拦上
Just for a kiss or two
只是为了一两个吻
With a little pen-knife held in her hand
而一把小刀藏在她手里
She plugged him through and through
她一刀又一刀的捅向他
Come all you ladies in the town
来城里所有的女士们
A secret for me keep
都会帮我保守一个秘密
With a diamond ring held on my
这个戒指一直被我带着的戒指
Hand I'll never will forsake
我永远也不会放弃
Some take him by his lily-white hand
一些人来提起他百合般洁白的双手
Some take him by his feet
一些人来提起他的双脚
We'll throw him in this deep deep well
我们把他扔进深不见底的井里
More than one hundred feet
足足有一百多英里的深度
Lie there lie there loving Henry Lee
这的人,那的人,都爱着亨利李
Till the flesh drops from your bones
直到肉体从你的骨头上剥落
The girl you have in that merry green
那个曾经和你一起在草地上嬉戏的女孩
Land still waits for your return
仍然在等着你回家
Fly down fly down you little bird
飞下来吧,飞下来吧,小鸟啊
And alight on my right knee
停留在我的右膝上
Your cage will be of purest gold
你的笼子将会被镀金
In deed of property
我一定会履行我的约定
I can't fly down or I won't fly down
我不可以飞下来,我也不愿意飞下来
And alight on your right knee
还有停留在你的右膝盖上
A girl would murder her own true love
一个会谋杀她唯一的爱人的女孩
Would kill a little bird like me
将会杀掉我这样的鸟儿
If I had my bend and bow
如果我弯曲和弓起
My arrow and my string
我的箭和弦
I'd pierce a dart so nigh
我会在附近刺一支飞镖
Your heart your wobble would be in vain
你的心和信念将摇摇欲坠
If you had your bend and bow
如果你弯曲和弓起
Your arrow and your string
你的箭和弦
I'd fly away to the merry green
我会飞到快乐的草地上
Land and tell what I have seen
并告诉那个女孩我都看见了什么
专辑信息
1.Prison Cell Blues
2.King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O
3.Skip To My Lou
4.Amazing Grace
5.One Dime Blues
6.Old Lady & The Devil
7.Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
8.John The Revelator
9.Henry Lee
10.Sally Goodin
11.Marching Jaybird
12.Sourwood Mountain
13.Shady Grove
14.Indian War Whoop
15.Drunken Hiccups
16.The Coo Coo Bird
17.Cripple Creek
18.Railroad Bill
19.Sail Away Lady
20.Pateroller Song
21.Soldier's Joy
22.Bully Of The Town
23.John Brown's Dream
24.Pretty Polly
25.Peg & Awl
26.The Girl I Left Behind Me
27.John Henry
28.Johnson Boys
29.Molly Brooks
30.Down On Penny's Farm