歌词
Come and listen to my story, come and listen to my song
都来听听这个故事,听听这首歌
I will tell you of a hero, who's now dead and gone
向大家介绍一位已经牺牲的英雄
I will tell you of a young boy, whose age was nineteen
他是一位十九岁的年轻男孩
He was the bravest union man, that I have ever seen
是我见过的最勇敢的工会成员
Harry Simms was a palomine, we labored side by side
Harry Simms 是个矿工,我们曾经一同劳动
Expecting to be shot on sight, or taken for a ride
他早就做好了被谋害的心理准备
By them dirty cold operator gun thugs, that roamed from town to town
做好了被那些卑鄙冷酷的、在城镇间游荡的
A-shooting down the union men, where e'er they may be found
随时准备杀害工会成员的打手谋害的准备
Harry Simms was walkin' down the track, one bright sun-shiney day
那是晴朗的一天,Harry Simms 正沿铁轨漫步
He was a youth of courage, his step was light and gay
好一位年轻的勇士,他的脚步灵活轻快
He did not know the gun thugs was hiding on the way
他未曾料到路边埋伏着持枪打手
To kill our brave young comrade this bright sun-shiney day
正要在这光天化日之下杀害这位年轻勇敢的同志
Harry Simms was killed on Brush Creek, in nineteen thirty-two
Harry Simms 牺牲在1932年的 Brush Creek(译注:肯塔基州的诺克斯县的一个地名)
He organized the miners, into the N.M.U.
他曾组织矿工们加入N.M.U.(译注:National Miners Union,全国矿工工会 。Harry Simms是N.M.U.在哈伦县的特派员)
He gave his life in struggle, that was all that he could do
他将一生献给了他唯一的使命——斗争
He died for the union, also for me and you
他为工会献身,也是为你我献身
专辑信息
1.My Children are Seven in Number
2.Raggedy
3.Peg and Awl
4.The Blind Fiddler
5.Buffalo Skinners
6.Eight-Hour Day
7.Hard Times in the Mill
8.Roll Down the Line
9.A Hayseed Like Me
10.The Farmer is the Man (Who Feeds Us All)
11.Come All You Hardy Miners
12.He Lies in the American Land
13.Casey Jones (The Union Scab)
14.Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine
15.Cotton Mill Colic
16.Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
17.Mill Mother's Lament
18.Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch
19.Beans, Bacon, and Gravy
20.The Death of Harry Simms
21.Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
22.The Ballad of Barney Graham
23.Pittsburgh Town
24.Sixty Percent