I went down to Taneytown 我去了Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown 我去了Taneytown

To see what I could see 看看我能看到

My mama told me never go 我的妈妈告诉我，永远不会

But I'm almost 22 years old 但我几乎22岁

Sometimes I fear this holler swollow me 有时候，我担心这叫喊swollow我

She ran off to Gettysburg 她跑了葛底斯堡

Went off with that new beau of hers 与她的新男友去了

I snuck off after dark 之后我暗悄悄关闭

Long way down the county road 漫漫长路县道

Stars were bright 星光闪闪发亮

The moon was low 月亮是低

Down to where the black top highway starts 下到那里的黑色上衣高速公路开工

   

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I went down to Taneytown 我去了Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown 我去了Taneytown

I went down to see what I could see 我去了，看看我能看到

   

I could see everybody stared at me 我能看见每个人都盯着我

You'd think that they ain't never seen 你会认为他们不是没见过

A colored boy before 前孩

They chunked at me at me 他们分块我我

Called me names 叫我的名字

They'd have whipped me sure but the sheriff came 他们不得不鞭打我知道，但警长来了

I slipped off through the dry goods store 我在干货店滑落

I ran down Division Street 我跑下来司街

Some of them boys followed me 有些男生跟着我

Down to the railroad track 下到铁轨

Four of them and I can't fight 他们四个人，我可以不打

But I had my old Randall knife 但我有我的老兰德尔刀

I cut that boy and I never did look back 我砍那个男孩，我从来没有回头

   

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Cross the fields and woods I run 穿过我跑田野和树林

Like a bullet from a rabbit gun 像从一只兔子枪子弹

Back home to my bed 回到家里我的床

Ma came in from Gettysburg 马来到葛底斯堡

Her and that new beau of hers 她和她的新男友

"Boy you look like hell" was all she said “小子，你看起来像地狱”一切都是她说

   

Month went by without a word 一个月过去了，没有一个字

Somebody down the holler heard 有人下来叫喊听到

About that boy they hung 关于那个男孩就挂

He begged those men to spare his life 他恳求这些人饶他一命

But I dropped my bloody Randall knife 但我放弃了我的血腥兰德尔刀

He picked it up so they thought he was the one 他把它捡起来，使他们认为他是一个

   

I went down to Taneytown 我去了Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown 我去了Taneytown

I ain't goin' back there anymore 我是不是要去回到那里了