Staggolee

It was early, early one morning
在清晨之前
When i heard my bulldog bark,
我聽到我的鬥牛犬吠個不停
T'was staggolee and billy delyon
那是Staggolee和Billy Delyon
Squabbling in the dark.
在暗地裡爭吵
Staggolee told billy delyon
Staggolee告訴Billy Delyon
“what do you think of that?
“你要怎樣？
You win all my money, lord!
天！你贏了我所有的錢
You spit in my stetson hat'
你當眾羞辱我”
Staggolee were walking
Staggolee晃蕩著
In the red hot brawling sun,
那是在嘈雜通紅的烈日下
Says: “bring me my six-shooter,
喃喃道：“給我一把左輪手槍，
Lord i wants my fourty-one'
老天啊我真想念我的.41 (0.41口徑馬格南手槍）
Staggolee were walking
Staggolee 晃蕩著
Through the mud and through the sand
穿越了泥與沙
Says: “i feel mistreated this morning,
喃喃道：“今早已經夠折磨我的了，
I could kill most any man'
讓我想射穿所有站著的人”
Billy delyons told staggolee:
Billy delyons哀求staggolee:
“please don't take my life,
“求求你別殺我，
I got three helpless children,
我有三個無辜的孩子，
One poor, beautiful wife'
還有一個可憐的美麗的老婆”
“i don't care nothing 'bout your children
“我才不管你的孩子們
And nothing about your wife
這是也與你的老婆無關
You done mistreated me, billy,
你再也別想苛待我了,Billy
And i'm bound to take your life'.
我這就送你歸西。 ”
He shot him three times in the shoulder, lord,
他向他手上射上三輪，老天吶
He shot him three times in the side.
他又向他另一隻手上射上了三輪
Well, the last time he shot him
那最後射向Billy Dlyons的子彈
Caused billy lyons to die.
要了他的命
Staggolee told mrs. billy:
Staggolee 告訴Billy夫人:
“you don't believe your man is dead?
你不相信你的男人已經死了嗎？
Come on into the barroom,
到酒吧里來看看
See the hole i shot in his head!'
看看我在他頭上穿的洞！'
The high-sheriff told the deputies:
警長告訴治安官:
“get your pistols and come with me!
'帶上你的手槍和我走！
We got to go'n arrest the bad man
我們去逮捕Staggolee
Known as staggolee'
壞傢伙Staggolee！'
The deputies took their pistols
治安官掏出手槍
They laid them on the shelf,
丟在警長面前
“if you want that bad man staggolee
“如果你要惹壞傢伙Staggolee
You have to arrest him yourself !'
那你自己去吧！''
The high-sheriff asked the bartender
警長問酒保
“who can that bad man be?'
''哪個是那位壞傢伙？''
“speak softly!?, said the bartender,
“小點聲！”酒吧說
“that bad man's staggolee'
那個男人就是Staggolee'
He touched old stag on the shoulder,
警長拍了拍肩膀
“say, stag, why do you run?'
“你為什麼不跑呢？”
“i don't run, white folk,
“我不跑，白皮佬
When i got my fourty-one'
是因為我帶著我的左輪槍''
The hangman put the mask on ,
劊子手帶著面具
Tied his hands behind his back,
把他的脖子係緊了
Sprung the trap on staggolee,
拉下了絞刑台的把手
But his neck refused to crack.
但是他的脖子卻一直不斷
The hangman, he got frightened,
劊子手嚇壞了
Said: “chief, you see how it be,
說道：“老大你都看到了
I can't hang this man, lord,
我沒法吊死這個男人，
You better set him free'
你最好放他走”
Three-hundred dollar funeral,
清淨的葬禮上
Thousand dollar hearse,
開過一台破舊的靈車
Satisfaction! “undertaker,
''安息吧！ “做棺材的如是說
Put stag on down in the earth!'
‘’塵歸塵土歸土！ ‘’
Staggolee told the devil:
Staggolee 告訴惡魔
“say, come on and have some fun!
“來吧，我們來找點樂子！
You stick me with your pitchfork,
你用你的叉子叉我
And i'll shoot you with my fourty-one'
我就拿我的左輪把你射成篩子' '
Staggolee took the pitchfork
Staggolee拿著惡魔的叉子
And he laid it on a shelf,
躺在了地獄的岩石上
He says: “stand back, tom devil, lord,
他說道''都退後惡魔們
I'm gonna rule hell by myself.'
現在地獄歸我管！ ‘’