It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine... 这就像黑暗的地牢中矿一路下跌...

   

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I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky. I was a-talkin' to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born, and an old friend of the family. He says, "Son, you don't know how lucky you are to have a nice job like you've got and don't have to dig out a livin' from under these old hills and hollers like me and your pappy used to." When I asked him why he never had left and tried some other kind of work, he says, "Nawsir, you just won't do that. If ever you get this old coal dust in your blood, you're just gonna be a plain old coal miner as long as you live." He went on to say, "It's a habit (CHUCKLE) sorta like chewin' tobaccer." 我从来不会忘记有一次，当我是一个小的访问下家埃比尼泽在肯塔基州。我是一个，谈 ，以一个老男人了，因为我出生那天见过的我，和家庭的老朋友。他说：“儿子，你不知道你是多么幸运，有一个很好的工作，就像你有和没有挖掘出从下这些老山和霍勒斯和我一样，你的糊状用来把活着“当我问他为什么，他从来没有离开，并尝试了一些其他方面的工作，他说，“ Nawsir ，你就不会那样做，如果你曾经在你的血液得到这个老煤尘，你只是会成为一个普通的老矿工，只要你活着。 “他接着说， “这是一种习惯（轻笑）有几分像chewin ” tobaccer 。 “

   

Come and listen you fellows, so young and so fine, 来听听你们这些人，这么年轻，这么细，

And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines. 却不求你的财富在黑暗，沉闷的地雷。

It will form as a habit and seep in your soul, 它会形成一个习惯，并渗透在你的灵魂，

'Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal. 直到你的血液流是黑如煤炭。

   

It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew, 这是黑暗的地牢和潮湿的露水，

Where danger is double and pleasures are few, 凡危险是双和乐趣毕竟是少数，

Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines 凡雨从来没有下降，太阳永远照耀

It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine. 这是黑暗的地牢中矿一路下跌。

It's a-many a man I have seen in my day, 这是一个一对多的一个人，我已经看到了我的一天，

Who lived just to labor his whole life away. 谁住只是为了劳动一生的路程。

Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine, 喜欢他的涂料恶魔和他的酒鬼酒，

A man will have lust for the lure of the mines. 一个男人都会有欲望地雷的诱惑。

I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll, 我希望当我走了和年龄转动;

My body will blacken and turn into coal. 我的身体会变黑，变成煤。

Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home, 然后，我会看，从我的天家门口，

And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones. 和怜悯矿工A-陷“我的骨头。

   

The midnight, the morning, or the middle of day, 半夜，早晨或中午的时候，

Is the same to the miner who labors away. 是一样的，以谁离开劳作的矿工。

Where the demons of death often come by surprise, 凡死亡的恶魔经常来措手不及，

One fall of the slate and you're buried alive. 一个秋天的石板和你活埋。