Well I caught my wife with another man 好吧，我抓住了我的妻子与另一个男人

And it cost me ninety nine 它花了我99

On a prison farm in Georgia 在佐治亚州一所监狱农场

Close to the Florida line 靠近佛罗里达线

Well I'd been here for two long years 嗯，我会在这里待两年之久

I finally made the warden my friend 我终于做了监狱长我的朋友

And so he sentenced me to a life of ease 所以他判我安逸的生活

Taking care of Ol Red 以OL红色的照顾

   

Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seen 现在OL “红，他是我见过的damnedest狗

Got a nose that can smell a two day trail 有一个鼻子可以闻为期两天的线索

He's a four legged tracking machine 他是一个四条腿的跟踪机

You can consider yourself mighty lucky 你可以认为自己强大的幸运

To get past the gators and the quicksand beds 让过去的短吻鳄和流沙床

But all these years that I've been here 但这些年来，我一直在这里

Ain't nobody got past Red 没人有过去的红

   

[chorus] [合唱]

And the warden sang 和监狱长唱

Come on somebody 快来人

Why don't you run 你为什么不跑

Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun 醇红的itchin “有一点点的乐趣

Get my lantern 把我的灯笼

Get my gun 把我的枪

Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes Redll你逼上了树前的早上，来

   

Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter 嗯，我还清了门卫，我溜出去的信

To my cousin up in Tennessee 我的表弟在美国田纳西州

Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound 哦，他放倒了蓝色刻度猎犬

She was pretty as she could be 她长得漂亮，她可能是

Well they penned her up in the swampland 那么，他们写下了她在沼泽地

'Bout a mile just south of the gate “布特一英里以南的门

And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run 我会带OL “红，他晚上跑

I'd just drop him off and wait 我只是下降送行，并等待

   

[Repeat chorus] [重复合唱]

   

Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing 现在OL “红得到了真正看惯

His lady every night 他的夫人每天晚上

And so I kept him away for three or four days 所以，我让他走了三四天

And waited till the time got right 而等到时间得到正确的

Well I made my run with the evenin' sun 好吧，我做了我的奔跑与evenin 阳光

And I smiled when I heard 'em let Red out 我笑了，当我听到时间让红了

'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee 因为我率领北至田纳西州

And Ol' Red was headed south 和OL “红了南下

   

[Repeat chorus] [重复合唱]

   

Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the South 现在有红头发蓝囊括了所有在南

Love got me in here and love got me out 爱情在这里得到了我和爱让我出去