We signed up in San Antone my brother Paul and me 我们在圣安东哥哥保罗和我签约

To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry 与本麦卡洛克和得克萨斯州的步兵战斗

Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week 以及海报说我们会每周得到均匀和7美元

The best rations in the army and a rifle we could keep 在军队中最好的口粮和步枪，我们能保持

When I first laid eyes on the general I knew he was a fightin' man 当我第一眼看到的一般，我知道他是个格斗的人

He was every inch a soldier every word was his command 他是地地道道的士兵的每一个字是他的命令

Well his eyes were cold as the lead and steel forged into tools of war 以及他的眼睛冰冷的铅和钢锻造成战争工具

He took the lives of many and the souls of many more 他把许多人的生活和更多人的灵魂

   

Well they marched us to Missouri and we hardly stopped for rest 那么，他们游行到美国密苏里州，我们几乎没有停下来休息

Then he made this speech and said we're comin' to the test 然后，他做了这一番话，说我们正在坠落的测试

Well we've got to take Saint Louie boys before the yankees do 好了，我们一定要采取圣路易男孩洋基之前做

If we control the Mississippi then the Federals are through 如果我们控制了密西西比河那么Federals是通过

   

Well they told us that our enemy would all be dressed in blue 那么，他们告诉我们，我们的敌人都会在身着蓝色

They forgot about the winter's cold and the cursed fever too 他们忘记了冬天的寒冷和被诅咒过发烧

My brother died at Wilson's creek and Lord I seen him fall 我弟弟死在威尔逊的小河和主，我看到他倒下

We fell back to the Boston Mountains in the North of Arkansas 我们在阿肯色州的北回落至波士顿山

   

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Goddamn you Ben McCulloch 该死的，你本麦卡洛克

I hate you more than any other man alive 我恨你，比任何其他活着的人

And when you die you'll be a foot soldier just like me 而当你死了，你会是一个步兵只是喜欢我

In the devil's infantry 在魔鬼的步兵

   

And on the way to Fayetteville we cursed McCulloch`s name 并在途中对费耶特维尔我们大骂McCulloch`s名

And mourned the dead that we'd left behind and we was carrying the lame 悲哀，我们会留下的死亡，我们背着瘸子

I killed a boy the other night who'd never even shaved 谁愿意甚至从来没有剃光那天晚上我杀了一个男孩

I don't even know what I'm fightin' for I ain't never owned a slave 我什至不知道我奋力抗争的我从来没有拥有的奴隶

   

So I snuck out of camp and then I heard the news next night 于是，我悄悄出营，然后我听到这个消息第二天晚上

The Yankees won the battle and McCulloch lost his life 洋基队赢得了这场战斗，并麦卡洛克失去了他的生命