歌词与中文翻译
Old Reilly stole a stallion
老莱利偷了一匹马驹
They caught him and they brought him back
人们把他抓住，送了回来
And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground
他们把他放倒，丢进监狱里
With an iron chain around his neck.
一串铁链拴在他的脖子上
When Reilly's daughter got a message
老莱利的女儿听到了消息
That her father was goin' to hang.
“他的父亲要被判绞刑”
She rode by night and came by morning
她彻夜驾马，在清晨来到
With gold and silver in her hand.
手中拿着金银
When the judge he saw Reilly's daughter
当法官看见莱利的女儿
His old eyes deepened in his head,
他的老眼深深陷进头里
Sayin', "Gold will never free your father,
他说“金子可赎不回你的父亲，
That the price, my dear, is you instead."
想要偿还，亲爱的，让你自己来吧。”
"Oh I'm as good as dead," cried Reilly,
“哦，我宁愿是去死也好”莱利哭到，
"It's only you that he does crave
“他只是想要你的身子
And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all.
我想到他想碰你我就怕的发抖
Get on your horse and ride away."
骑上你的马赶快走吧”
"Oh father you will surely die
“哦父亲这样你绝对会死的
If I don't take the chance to try
如果我不把握这次机会去尝试
And pay the price and not take your advice.
我不会听您的，我必将去偿还
For that reason I will have to stay."
为了救你我一定要留下来”
The gallows shadows shook the evening,
绞刑架的影子在夜幕下摇晃，
In the night a hound dog bayed,
在夜里一只猎狗吠叫，
In the night the grounds were groanin',
在夜里大地在呻吟
In the night the price was paid.
在夜里欠债已偿
The next mornin' she had awoken
次日早晨当她醒来
To know that the judge had never spoken.
知道法官从未应许承诺
She saw that hangin' branch a-bendin',
她看见绞刑架弯折
She saw her father's body broken.
她看见父亲尸身已凉
Seven curses on a judge so cruel:
七道诅咒残酷的下在法官头上
One doctor can not save him,
一个学者无法拯救他，
Two healers can not heal him,
两个医师无法治愈他，
Three eyes can not see him.
三只眼睛无法看望他，
Four ears can not hear him,
四只耳朵无法聆听他，
Five walls can not hide him,
五面高墙无法庇护他，
Six diggers can not bury him.
六个掘墓人无法埋葬他，
And Seven deaths shall never kill him.
七次死亡也无法结束他