He was riding Number 9 他乘坐9号

Heading south from Caroline 从卡罗琳南下

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 他听说寂寞的长哨吹

   

Got in trouble, had to roam 有麻烦了，只好漫游

Left his gal and left his home 离开他加仑，离开了他的家

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 他听说寂寞的长哨吹

   

Just a kid, acting smart 只是个孩子，聪明行事

He went and broke his darling's heart 他去了，伤了他的宝贝的心脏

I guess he was too young to know 我猜他太年轻，不懂得

   

They took him off the Georgia Main 他们把他从佐治亚州的主要

Locked him to a ball and chain 把他锁到一个球和链条

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 他听说寂寞的长哨吹

   

All alone he bears the shame 独自一人，他承受的耻辱

He's a number, not a name 他是一个数字，而不是一个名字

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 他听说寂寞的长哨吹

   

All he does is sit and cry 他所做的一切是坐着哭

When the evening train goes by 当晚上的火车去了

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 他听说寂寞的长哨吹

   

He'll be locked there in this cell 他将在此单元格锁定有

'Til his body's just a shell 直到他的身体只是一个壳

And his hair turns whiter than snow 他的头发变成比雪更白

   

He'll never see that gal he pines 他永远也不会看到他加仑苍松

He's in Georgia doing time 他在佐治亚州时间做

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 他听说寂寞的长哨吹