歌词
Remember when the AAA,
还记得1933年的农业调整法案
Killed a million hogs a day?
每天杀掉一百万头猪的日子吗?
Instead of hogs, it's men today,
今天我们懂了,杀掉不是猪,而是活生生的人
Plow the fourth one under.
看,他们已经把第四个犁埋在地下了
Plow under, plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
Plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
They said our agricultural system was about to fall,
他们说农业体系快崩了
From Washington they sent a call -
华盛顿那边就来了电话
Plow the fourth one under.
把第四个犁埋起来吧
Plow under, plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
Plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
The price of cotton wouldn't rise;
棉花的价格不会涨
They said, we've got to fertilize,
他们说,我们还要施肥呢
So now unless they turn their eyes,
现在除非他们把目光转向这边
Plow the fourth one under.
否则就把第四个犁埋起来吧
Plow under, plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
Plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
They said our system wouldn't work
他们说我们的体系失灵了
Until we killed the surplus off,
要我们把剩余的东西都干掉
So now they look at us and say,
所以他们看着我们说到
"Plow the fourth one under."
把第四个犁埋起来吧
Plow under, plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
Plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
Any ignorant mule does know
无知的骡子都会知道
Better than to step on a cotton row;
最好在棉花田里踩两脚
But there ain't no mules in Congress, so -
不过国会里没有这样无知的骡子吧
Plow the fourth one under.
所以把第四个犁埋起来吧
Plow under, plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
Plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
Now the polititions rant,
现在,无耻的政客咆哮着说
"A boy's no better than a cotton plant."
“一个男孩不如一株棉花。”
But we are here to say, "You can't!"
但是我们说:“你还是别想了。”
Plow the fourth one under.
把第四个犁埋起来吧
Plow under, (don't you) plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
(Don't you) plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
(Now don't you) Plow under, (don't you) plow under,
把犁埋起来吧,把犁埋起来吧
(Don't you) plow under, every fourth American boy.
把犁埋起来吧,干不了农活了
专辑信息
1.Ballad of October 16th
2.Billy Boy
3.'C' for Conscription
4.Liza Jane
5.Plow Under
6.The Strange Death of John Doe
7.Washington Breakdown