When Robert E Lee surrended the Confederacy 当罗伯特· é李surrended邦联

Jefferson Davis was upset about it 杰斐逊·戴维斯是不高兴

He said how dare that man resent an order 他说，怎么敢，人反感的订单

Form the president of the Confederate States of America 形成了美国南部邦联总统

Then somebody told him that General Lee had made the decision himself 后来有人告诉他，李总做了自己的决定

   

In order to save lives because he felt that the battle comin' up 为了挽救生命，因为他觉得战斗马上就要来了

Would cost about 20 000 lives on both sides 将耗资约20万人的生命两侧

And he said 240 000 dead already is enough 他说， 24万已经死了就够了

So this song is not about the North or the South but about the bloody brother war 因此，这首歌是不是北方或南方，但对血腥的战争哥

Brother against brother father against son the war that nobody won 哥哥对弟弟的父亲对儿子的战争，没有人赢了

   

And for all those lives that were saved I gotta say God bless Robert E Lee 而所有这些都保存的生命，我得说，上帝保佑罗伯特· é利

Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down 以及其中一般用来住的豪宅烧毁

   

Cottonfields are blue with Sherman's troups Cottonfields是蓝色与谢尔曼的troups

I overheard a yankee say yesterday Nashville fell 我无意中听到一扬说，昨天纳什维尔下跌

So I'm on my way to join the fight General Lee might need my help 所以，我对我的方式加入李总可能需要我帮忙的斗争

But look away look away Dixie I don't want them to see 但是，把目光移开目光移开迪克西我不希望他们看到

What they're doing to my Dixie God bless Robert E Lee 他们在做什么，以我的迪克西上帝保佑罗伯特· é利

   

Sherman's troups burned Atlanta and the flames lit up the sky 谢尔曼的troups烧毁亚特兰大和火焰照亮了天空

And those of us who survived it are watchin' my Dixie die 而我们这些谁幸存下来是在看着我迪克西死

But today at Appamattox General Lee sat down 但今天在Appamattox李将军坐下

And surrended to the yankees and Ulysees S Grant 和surrended洋基和Ulysees格兰特

So look away look away Dixie... 所以，把目光移开目光移开迪克西...

   

I won't ever stop loving you my Dixie till they put me in the ground 我永远不会停止爱你我的迪克西，直到他们把我放在地上

And the last words they probably hear from me are God bless Robert E Lee 最后的话，他们可能是从我听到的都是上帝保佑罗伯特· é利