Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail-Michael Martin Murphey

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以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供 [00:10.75]Way high up in the Sierry Peaks
在高耸的塞拉山峰之巅 [00:12.88]Where the yellow-jack pines grow tall
黄松树挺拔入云 [00:15.06]Sandy Bob and Buster Jiggs
桑迪·鲍勃和巴斯特·吉格斯 [00:17.19]Had a round-up camp last fall
去年秋天在那里扎营围捕 [00:19.56]They'd taken their ponies and their running irons
他们带上马匹和烙铁 [00:21.75]Maybe a dog or two
或许还有一两只狗 [00:23.81]And they lowed thy'd brand every long-eared calf
他们发誓要标记每一只长耳小牛 [00:26.31]That came within their view
只要进入他们的视线 [00:28.44]Now many a long-eared doggie
许多长耳朵的小牛 [00:30.53]That didn't push up by day
白天没有被人驱赶 [00:32.78]Had his old ears whittled and his old hide sizzled
它们的耳朵被修剪，皮被烙铁烫 [00:34.97]In a most artistic way
以一种非常艺术的方式 [00:37.08]Now Sandy Bob he said one day
有一天，Sandy Bob说道 [00:39.45]As he throwed his cigar down
他扔下雪茄 [00:41.45]I'm tired of this cowography
我厌倦了这种牛仔生活 [00:43.58]And I allows I'm a going into town
我决定进城去 [00:55.14]Well they saddled their ponies up and they struckem a lope
他们给马儿备好鞍，策马奔腾 [00:57.45]And how them boys could ride
这些小伙子骑术了得 [00:59.27]And them was the days that a ol cowboy
在那个年代，老牛仔们 [01:01.45]Could oil up his whole inside
可以尽情畅饮 [01:03.70]Well they started out at the Kentucky Bar
他们从肯塔基酒吧出发 [01:05.95]At the head of the Whisky Row
在威士忌街的尽头 [01:08.20]And they wound down at the Depot House
最后在车站旅馆落脚 [01:10.33]About forty drinks below
喝下了四十杯酒 [01:12.64]Well they setem up and they turned 'em around
他们摆好阵势，调转方向 [01:14.96]And they went the other way
朝着另一条路前进 [01:17.01]And I swear the God-forsaken truth
我发誓，这是千真万确的事实 [01:18.95]Them boys got drunk that day
那天那些小伙子们都喝得酩酊大醉 [01:21.51]They mounted up and they headed to camp
他们骑上马，朝营地进发 [01:23.83]And they was packing a pretty good load
身上还带着不少酒意 [01:26.08]When who should they meet
就在这时，他们遇到了谁 [01:27.39]But the Devil himself
正是魔鬼本人 [01:28.32]Come prancing down the road
他们沿着道路欢快地走来 [01:39.73]Well the devil says You ornery skunks
魔鬼说道：“你们这些讨厌的家伙 [01:41.67]You better hunt your holes
最好躲回你们的洞里 [01:43.86]Cause I'm the Devil from Hell's rim rock
因为我是来自地狱边缘的魔鬼 [01:46.17]Come to gather in your souls
来收割你们的灵魂” [01:48.23]Sandy Bob said Devil be damned
桑迪·鲍勃说：“魔鬼，去你的 [01:50.73]We may be a little bit tight
我们可能有点醉了 [01:52.73]But before you gather any cowboy souls
但在你收割任何牛仔的灵魂之前” [01:55.05]You're gonna have a helluva fight
你将面临一场恶战 [01:57.11]He swung his rope and he swung it straight
他甩动绳索，直直地甩出 [01:59.60]And he also swung it true
并且准确无误 [02:01.55]He caught the Devil by both his horns
他用绳索套住了魔鬼的双角 [02:03.92]And taken his dallies too
并且牢牢地绑住了他 [02:05.98]Now Buster Jigg was a reata man
现在，Buster Jigg是个绳索高手 [02:08.30]With his rawhide coiled up neat
他的生牛皮绳整齐地盘着 [02:10.36]He shook it out and he built him a loop
他抖开绳索，迅速打了个圈 [02:13.05]And he latched the Devils hind feet
他抓住了魔鬼的后蹄 [02:24.16]Well they stretches him out and they tails him down
他们把他拉直并绑住 [02:26.23]While the running-irons were getting hot
趁烙铁还在加热 [02:28.16]And they cropped and swallow-forked his ears
他们剪开并分叉了他的耳朵 [02:30.60]And they branded him up a lot
还在他身上烙了许多印记 [02:32.80]And left there here pick night black jack cold
留下他在这漆黑的夜晚 [02:35.17]But for this life to a little pin oak
但为了这生活，像一棵小橡树 [02:38.86]Tied ten knots in his tail for a joke
他们在他尾巴上打了十个结作为玩笑 [02:41.68]Now when you're high in the Sierry Peaks
当你身处塞拉山脉的高峰 [02:44.17]And you hear one hell of a wail
听到一声凄厉的哀嚎 [02:46.24]It's just the Devil himself
那正是魔鬼本尊 [02:48.05]Yelling bout them knots in his tail
在抱怨他尾巴上的结