《They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora， Arkansas》歌词

[00:00:00] They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas - Tony Joe White

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[00:00:26] I was walking down a dirt road

[00:00:30] 我走在土路上

[00:00:30] And the night was coming on fast

[00:00:34] 夜幕降临

[00:00:34] I had gone to for some corn meal for our supper

[00:00:42] 我去买了玉米做晚饭

[00:00:42] By the time I got to miss Johnson's house

[00:00:46] 等我错过了约翰逊的家

[00:00:46] I knew there was something wrong

[00:00:50] 我知道有些不对劲

[00:00:50] By the worried look she had upon her face

[00:00:58] 她脸上忧心忡忡的表情

[00:00:58] I said Miss Johnson could you tell me

[00:01:03] 我说约翰逊小姐你能否告诉我

[00:01:03] What are you shaking for

[00:01:06] 你在颤抖什么

[00:01:06] She said Lord they caught the devil

[00:01:08] 她说上帝他们抓住了恶魔

[00:01:08] And they got him in jail in Eudora Arkansas

[00:01:16] 他们把他关进了阿肯色州的尤多拉监狱

[00:01:16] And he's got a mean that looked like leather

[00:01:20] 他心狠手辣看起来就像皮革

[00:01:20] And a long and foggy tail

[00:01:23] 一条又长又模糊的尾巴

[00:01:23] And when he touches it against the sepbars

[00:01:28] 当他与我激情缠绵

[00:01:28] Sparks would fly

[00:01:50] 火花四溅

[00:01:50] I did not know of what she spoke

[00:01:54] 我不知道她在说什么

[00:01:54] But I believed every word she said

[00:01:58] 但我相信她说的每一句话

[00:01:58] And I burned the souls of

[00:02:01] 我烧毁了

[00:02:01] My feet on my way back home

[00:02:06] 踏上归途

[00:02:06] Well the next day a crowd had gathered

[00:02:10] 第二天人们聚集在一起

[00:02:10] Out in front of the Eudora jailhouse

[00:02:15] 在Eudora监狱门前

[00:02:15] But there was not a chase to be seen of the devil

[00:02:22] 但是没有人追逐恶魔

[00:02:22] Now the jailer had been a poor man

[00:02:26] 看守曾经是个穷鬼

[00:02:26] And now his pockets were stuffed with money

[00:02:30] 现在他的口袋里塞满了钞票

[00:02:30] And he was sitting outside in a

[00:02:33] 他坐在外面的

[00:02:33] BRand new Continental Lincoln

[00:02:44] 全新欧陆林肯

[00:02:44] With famous skirts on it

[00:02:50] 穿着名牌裙子

[00:02:50] He would not say where he got the money

[00:02:54] 他不会说他从哪里弄来的钱

[00:02:54] Was he a part of the devils bargain

[00:02:58] 他是否参与了恶魔的交易

[00:02:58] And did he set him free

[00:03:00] 他是否给了他自由

[00:03:00] That night in Eudora Arkansas

[00:03:06] 在阿肯色州尤多拉的那一夜

[00:03:06] Now who's to say

[00:03:11] 现在谁能说