歌词
"I'm not in your town to stay,"“
我不会在这个镇子久留，”
Said a lady old and gray
一位头发花白的老妇
To the warden of the penitentiary
对监狱的狱长说到
"I'm not in your town to stay“
我不会在这个镇子久留
And I'll soon be on my way
很快我就会离开
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
我只是来找我的宝贝儿子
Oh warden,
狱长大人啊
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
我只是来找我的宝贝儿子”
"I tried to raise my baby right“
我含辛茹苦把儿子养大成人
I have prayed both day and night
我日夜祈祷
That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
他不会走上他父亲的老路
I have searched both far and wide
我找遍天南地北
And I feared that he had died
我很害怕他已经死了
But at last I've found my baby here in jail
但我终于在这儿找到我的宝贝儿子了
Oh warden,
狱长大人啊
At last I've found my baby here in jail"
我终于在这儿找到我的宝贝儿子了”
"It was just five years today“
五年前的今天
When his daddy passed away
他的父亲去世了
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
人们在冰冷的白雪下发现了他
It was then I bowed to take his ring
我取下他的戒指，
And his gold watch and his chain
金表以及金链子
When the county laid his daddy in the grave
最后政府把他埋了
Yes warden,
是的，狱长大人
The county laid his daddy in the grave"
政府把他埋了”
"I will pawn you his watch“
我给你他的金表
I will pawn you his chain
我给你他的金链子
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
我给你我的钻石婚戒
I will wash all your clothes
我给你洗衣服
I will wash all your floors
我帮你擦地板
If that will get my baby out of jail
只要你能放了我的宝贝儿子
Yes warden,
是的，狱长大人
If that will get my baby out of jail"
只要你能放了我的宝贝儿子”
Then I heard the warden say
随后我听到狱长
To the lady old and gray:
对那头发花白的老妇说：
"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"“
我会把你的宝贝儿子带过来”
Two iron gates swung wide apart
穿过两扇厚重的铁门
She held her darling to her heart
妇人紧紧抱住她的儿子
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
她亲吻她的儿子后就死去了
But smiling,
她面带微笑，
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
在亲吻她的儿子后就死去了
"I'm not in your town to stay,"“
我不会在这个镇子久留，”
Said a lady old and gray
这位头发花白的老妇说
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail“
我只是来找我的宝贝儿子
Yes warden,
是的，狱长大人
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
我只是来找我的宝贝儿子”
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