Ol' Red

Well I caught my wife with another man
我抓住了我老婆和另一个男人
And it cost me ninety nine
而且花了我九十九
On a prison farm in Georgia
在Georgia的劳改厂
Close to the Florida line
靠近Florida line
Well I'd been here for two long years
我已经在这儿呆了两年
I finally made the warden my friend
最终还与看守人做了朋友
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
所以他最终给我宣判了减刑
Taking care of Ol Red
让我照顾Ol Red
Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seen
Ol Red是我见过最蛋疼的狗
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
有个能闻两天前足迹的鼻子
He's a four legged tracking machine
他是个四条腿的跟踪机器
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
你可以想象自己有多幸运
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
经过短吻鳄和流沙床
But all these years that I've been here
但这是我这些年经历的
Ain't nobody got past Red
没有人逃得出Red的手掌心

[chorus]
And the warden sang
看守人唱着
Come on somebody
来人上啊
Why don't you run
为什么不跑呢
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
Ol Red想要找点乐子
Get my lantern
带着我的灯笼
Get my gun
带着我的枪
Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes
Red会在天亮之前追上你的

Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
我收买了看管并偷偷寄了封信
To my cousin up in Tennessee
给我在Tennessee的表兄弟
Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
他带来了条蓝色剔猎犬
She was pretty as she could be
她要多漂亮有多漂亮
Well they penned her up in the swampland
他们把她关在了沼泽地
'Bout a mile just south of the gate
门径南边一公里左右
And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
我带着Ol Red去傍晚跑步
I'd just drop him off and wait
我就让他随便跑并等他
[Repeat chorus]

Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing
现在Ol Red习惯了
His lady every night
每晚去看他的小姐
And so I kept him away for three or four days
所以我离开了他三四天
And waited till the time got right
并等待正确的时机来临
Well I made my run with the evenin' sun
我在傍晚的夕阳下奔跑
And I smiled when I heard 'em let Red out
当我听到他们放出Red时我微笑了
'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
因为我要往北跑到Tennessee
And Ol' Red was headed south
而Ol Red在向南跑

[Repeat chorus]

Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the South
现在南边尽是红毛的蓝色剔猎犬
Love got me in here and love got me out
爱把带我到这儿也带我离开了这儿