《Utah Carroll》歌词

[00:00:00] Utah Carroll - Arlo Guthrie (阿洛·古利)

[00:00:01] Written by：Arlo Guthrie

[00:00:10] So you ask me my kind friend

[00:00:13] Why I am sad and still

[00:00:17] And why my brow is darkened

[00:00:20] Like the clouds upon the hill

[00:00:24] Rein in your ponies closer

[00:00:27] And I'll tell you all a tale

[00:00:31] Of Utah Carroll partner

[00:00:35] And his last ride on the trail

[00:00:40] In a grave without a headstone

[00:00:44] Without a date or name

[00:00:48] My partner lies there silent

[00:00:51] In the land from which I came

[00:00:55] Long ago we rode together

[00:00:58] We'd ridden side by side

[00:01:02] I loved him like a brother

[00:01:05] And I wept when Utah died

[00:01:11] While riding up one morning

[00:01:14] And our work was almost done

[00:01:19] The cattle quickly started

[00:01:22] On a wild and maddening run

[00:01:26] The boss's little daughter

[00:01:29] Who was riding on that side

[00:01:33] Rushed in to stop the stampede

[00:01:36] It was there my partner died

[00:01:42] Lenore upon her pony

[00:01:46] Tried to turn the cattle right

[00:01:49] But her blanket slipped beneath her

[00:01:53] And she caught and held on tight

[00:01:57] When we all saw that red blanket

[00:02:00] Each cowboy held his breath

[00:02:04] For should her pony fail her

[00:02:07] None could save the girl from death

[00:02:13] When the cattle saw the blanket

[00:02:17] Almost dragging on the ground

[00:02:20] They were maddened in a moment

[00:02:24] And they charged with deafening sound

[00:02:28] The girl soon saw her danger

[00:02:31] And she turned her pony's face

[00:02:35] And bending in her saddle

[00:02:38] Tried the blanket to replace

[00:02:44] Just then she lost her balance

[00:02:47] In the front of that wild tide

[00:02:51] Carroll's voice controlled the round up

[00:02:55] Lie still Lenore he cried

[00:02:59] And then close up beside her

[00:03:02] Came Utah riding fast

[00:03:06] Little did the poor boy know

[00:03:09] The ride would be his last

[00:03:15] Full often from the saddle

[00:03:18] He had caught the trailing rope

[00:03:22] To pick her up at full speed

[00:03:26] Was now his only hope

[00:03:30] He swung low from his saddle

[00:03:33] To take her to his arm

[00:03:37] We thought that he'd succeeded

[00:03:40] That the girl was safe from harm

[00:03:46] But such a strain upon his saddle

[00:03:50] Had ne'er been put before

[00:03:53] And the cinches gave beneath him

[00:03:56] And he fell beside Lenore

[00:04:00] When the girl fell from her saddle

[00:04:04] She had dragged the blanket down

[00:04:08] It lay there close beside them

[00:04:11] Where they lay upon the ground

[00:04:17] Utah took the blanket

[00:04:21] And to Lenore he said

[00:04:24] Lie still and quickly running

[00:04:27] Waved the red thing o'er his head

[00:04:32] He turned the maddened cattle

[00:04:35] From Lenore his little friend

[00:04:38] And as the mighty herd rushed toward him

[00:04:42] He turned to met his end

[00:04:48] And as the herd came on him

[00:04:51] His weapon quickly drew

[00:04:55] He was bound to die defended

[00:04:59] As all brave cowboys do

[00:05:02] The weapon flashed like lightning

[00:05:05] And it sounded loud and clear

[00:05:09] As the cattle rushed and killed him

[00:05:13] He dropped the leading steer

[00:05:18] When I broke through that wide circle

[00:05:22] To where poor Utah lay

[00:05:26] With a thousand wounds and bruises

[00:05:30] His life blood ebbed away

[00:05:33] I knelt down close beside him

[00:05:36] And I knew that all was o'er

[00:05:40] As I heard him faintly whisper

[00:05:44] Good-bye my sweet Lenore

[00:05:50] Next morning at the churchyard

[00:05:53] I heard the preacher say

[00:05:57] Don't think our kind friend Utah

[00:06:00] Was lost on that great day

[00:06:04] He was a much-loved cowboy

[00:06:08] And not afraid to die

[00:06:11] And we'll meet him at the round up

[00:06:15] On the plains beyond the sky

[00:06:21] So you ask me my kind friend

[00:06:24] Why I am sad and still

[00:06:28] And why my brow is darkened

[00:06:31] Like the clouds upon the hill

[00:06:35] Rein in your ponies closer

[00:06:38] And I'll tell you all a tale

[00:06:42] Of Utah Carroll partner

[00:06:46] And his last ride on the trail