The People Are Scratching-Pete Seeger

[ti:The People Are Scratching] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:God Bless The Grass] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The People Are Scratching (Album Version) - Pete Seeger
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:09.19]Come fill up your glasses and set yourselves down
来吧把你的酒杯倒满好好坐下 [00:12.69]I'll tell you a story of somebody's town
我会给你讲一个关于某个人的小镇的故事 [00:14.81] [00:15.37]It isn't too near and it's not far away
近在咫尺也不远 [00:17.71] [00:18.39]It's not a place where I'd want to stay
这不是我想停留的地方 [00:20.65] [00:21.33]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [00:24.51] [00:25.52]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [00:28.40] [00:31.20]The winter came in with a cold icy blast
冬天来了伴随着凛冽的寒风 [00:33.51] [00:34.14]It killed off the flowers and killed off the grass
鲜花凋零草坪凋零 [00:37.39]The rabbits were starving because of the freeze
由于天气寒冷，兔子都快饿死了 [00:40.26]They started eating the bark off the trees
他们开始啃树皮 [00:43.07]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [00:46.33] [00:47.33]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [00:49.84] [00:52.77]The farmers said "This sort of thing just won't do
农夫们说这种事情根本行不通 [00:55.43]Our trees will be dead when the rabbits get through
兔子经过时我们的树就会枯死 [00:58.68]We'll have to poison the rabbits it's clear;
我们得毒死兔子，这很清楚 [01:01.74]Or we'll have no crops to harvest next year "
不然明年我们就没有收成了 [01:04.12] [01:04.74]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [01:07.62] [01:08.74]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [01:11.68] [01:14.06]So they brought the poison and spread it around
他们带来毒药四处散播 [01:17.37]And soon dead rabbits began to be found
很快死兔子开始被发现 [01:20.30]Dogs ate the rabbits and the farmers just said
狗吃了兔子农夫说 [01:23.18]"We'll poison those rabbits 'til the last dog is dead "
我们会毒死那些兔子直到最后一只狗死去 [01:26.43]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [01:29.11] [01:30.18]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [01:32.93] [01:35.37]Up in the sky there were meat-eating fowls
天空中到处都是食肉的家禽 [01:37.99] [01:38.55]The dead rabbits poisoned the hawks and the owls
死兔子毒死了老鹰和猫头鹰 [01:41.19] [01:41.88]Thousands of field mice the hawks used to chase
老鹰曾经追逐着成千上万只老鼠 [01:44.63]Were multiplying all over the place
四处蔓延 [01:47.12]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [01:50.49] [01:51.68]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [01:54.43] [01:57.18]The fields and the meadows were barren and brown
田野和草地一片荒芜一片棕色 [02:00.04]The mice got hungry and moved into town
老鼠们饿了就进城去 [02:02.16] [02:02.85]The city folks took the farmer's advise
城里人听从了农夫的建议 [02:04.97] [02:05.72]And all of them started to poison the mice
他们开始荼毒老鼠 [02:08.42]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [02:11.90] [02:12.83]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [02:15.52] [02:17.96]There were dead mice in all the apartments and flats
公寓里到处都是死老鼠 [02:20.67] [02:21.18]The cats ate the mice and the mice killed the cats
猫吃老鼠老鼠老鼠杀猫 [02:24.24]The smell was awful and I'm glad to say
气味难闻我很高兴地说 [02:26.94]I wasn't the man hired to haul them away
我不是被雇来运走它们的人 [02:29.25] [02:29.93]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [02:32.93] [02:33.94]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [02:36.68] [02:42.37]All through the country and all through the town
穿过乡村穿过城镇 [02:45.25]There wasn't a dog or cat to be found
到处都找不到一只猫狗 [02:47.62] [02:48.25]The fleas asked each other "Where can we stay "
跳蚤问彼此我们能在哪里停留 [02:51.37]They've been on the people from then 'til this day
从那时起直到今天他们一直在伤害别人 [02:53.94] [02:54.87]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [02:57.18] [02:58.25]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃 [03:00.87] [03:06.93]All you small creatures that live in this land
所有生活在这片土地上的小生灵 [03:09.86]Stay clear of the man with the poisonous hand
离那个毒手的男人远一点 [03:12.30] [03:12.86]A few bails of hay might keep you alive
几捆稻草或许能让你活下去 [03:15.86]But he'll pay more to kill you than let you survive
可他会不惜一切代价干掉你绝不会放过你 [03:18.48] [03:19.04]Now the people are scratching all over the street
现在街上到处都是人 [03:22.24] [03:23.49]Because the rabbits had nothing to eat
因为兔子没有东西吃