- Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat 歌词 Pete Seeger
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- Pete Seeger Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat 歌词
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- Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
七分钱的棉花四十分的肉
How in the world can a poor man eat?
在这世上穷人何以果腹
Flour up high and cotton down low
面粉飞涨棉花暴跌
How in the world can we raise the dough?
在这世上我们如何发得起面
Clothes worn out, shoes run down
衣烂鞋破
Ol' slouch hat with a hole in the crown
帽檐上有个洞
Back nearly broken and fingers all sore
腰酸背痛手指抽筋
Cotton gone down to rise no more
棉花暴跌 一蹶不振
Seven cent cotton an' eight dollar pants
七分钱的棉花八块钱的裤
Who in the world has got a chance?
在这世上谁还有机会
We can't buy clothes, we can't buy meat
我们买不起衣买不起肉
Too much cotton and not enough to eat
棉花太多 吃的不够
Can't help each other, what'll we do?
无法互助我们能咋办
I can't explain it so it's up to you
我没法儿说 所以看你的
Seven cent cotton and two dollar hose
七分钱的棉花两块钱的袜
Guess we'll have to do without any clothes
衣不蔽体我们能干什么
Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
七分钱的棉花四十分的肉
How in the world can a poor man eat?
在这世上穷人何以果腹
Mules in the barn no crop laid by
骡子在空荡荡的谷仓里
Corn crib's empty and the cow's gone dry
食槽空了 奶牛也干了
Well water low, nearly outta sight
井也快枯了 几乎看不到水
Can't take a bath on a Saturday night
周六晚都不能洗澡
No use talkin', any man is beat
说也没用 每个人都精疲力竭
With seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
七分钱的棉花四十分的肉
Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
七分钱的棉花四十分的肉
How in the world can a poor man eat?
在这世上穷人何以果腹
Poor are gettin' poorer all around here
在这里穷人愈穷
Kids comin' regular every year
孩子渐渐中用
Fatten our harvest, take into town
帮着丰收 带进城里
All we get is six cents a pound
一磅只有六分钱
Very next day we have to buy it back
第二天我们就得买回来
Forty cents a pound in a paper sack
四十分一磅 装在袋子里
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