I was just a kid roamin' around 我只是个孩子roamin “各地

Travelin' through, a little ol' town 路途。 “通过，有点OL ”小镇

A man walked up and said come with me 一个人走了起来，说跟我来

You're broke and son that's vagrancy 你破了，儿子这是流浪

   

A carefree lad that love to roam 一个无忧无虑的小伙子爱漫游

But Lord I wish I'd stayed at home 但是，主啊，我希望我能留在家里

The way it looks I'll probably hang 事情是这样看起来我可能会挂

'Cause there ain't no hope on a chain gang “原因没有上链条团伙无望

   

I dig that ditch, I chop that corn 我掏了沟里，我砍玉米

I curse the day that I was born 我诅咒，我出生的那天

I believe it's better for a man to hang 我相信这是最好的一个人挂

Than to work like a dog on a chain gang 比工作，就像在一个链团伙狗

   

The guard stands there with a great big gun 警卫站在那里与一个伟大的大枪

I bet he'd love to see me run 我敢打赌，他很乐意看到我跑

And I guess, I probably will some day 我想，我可能会有些天

I'd rather be dead than to live this way 我宁可死了比活着这样

   

He's well fed and he's six foot tall 他吃得饱饱的，他是六英尺高

And he's a meanest of them all 他就是其中的所有的卑鄙

He cracks that whip and he swings that cane 他裂缝的鞭子，他摆动的甘蔗

That sun must've touched his brain 那太阳意有所指摸了摸自己的大脑

   

I dig that ditch, I chop that corn 我掏了沟里，我砍玉米

I curse the day that I was born 我诅咒，我出生的那天

I believe it's better for a man to hang 我相信这是最好的一个人挂

Than to work like a dog on a chain gang 比工作，就像在一个链团伙狗

   

I got a gal back home that's sweet and kind 我得到了一个女孩回家那甜美又温柔

But she's been waitin' a long, long time 但她一直在等很长很长的时间

I just told her to forget my name 我只是告诉她忘记我的名字

I won't ever live down the shame 我永远不会住下来的耻辱

   

Lord, deliver me from this hole 主，从这个洞救我

Before I lose my mind and soul 在我失去了我的心和灵魂

The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke 肌肤变得软弱和背部变得一文不名

There ain't no 'cause to laugh and joke 不过是没有“造成笑的笑话

   

I dig that ditch, I chop that corn 我掏了沟里，我砍玉米

I curse the day that I was born 我诅咒，我出生的那天

I believe it's better for a man to hang 我相信这是最好的一个人挂

Than to work like a dog on a chain gang 比工作，就像在一个链团伙狗

   

Work like a dog on a chain gang 就像在一个链团伙狗工作

Work like a dog on a chain gang 就像在一个链团伙狗工作

Work like a dog on a chain gang 就像在一个链团伙狗工作