Went to the mill site
去了工廠工地
Found a piece
找到一片
Of shining gold
閃閃發(fā)光的金子
Well he took it
他欣然接受
To the city
來到這座城市
Where the word
在哪里
Like wildfire spread
就像野火蔓延
And old John Sutter
還有老約翰·薩特
Soon came to wish he’d
很快他就希望
Left that stone
留下那塊石頭
In the river bed
在河床上
Well they came
他們來了
Like herds of locusts
就像一群群的蚱蜢
Every woman child and man
每個(gè)女人孩子和男人
In their lumbering conestogas
開著他們拙的車子
Left their tracks
留下他們的足跡
Upon the land
在這片土地上
Some would fail
有些人會(huì)失敗
And some would prosper
有些人會(huì)功成名就
Some would die
有人會(huì)死去
And some would kill
有些人會(huì)大殺四方
Some would thank
有人會(huì)感謝
The lord for their deliverance
上帝拯救了他們
Some would curse
有人會(huì)詛咒
John Sutter’s mill
約翰·沙特的工廠
Well they came
他們來了
From New York city
來自紐約
And they came
他們來了
From Alabam
來自阿拉巴馬
With their dreams
心懷夢(mèng)想
Of finding fortunes
尋找財(cái)富
In this wild
在這瘋狂的世界里
Unsettled land
不安的土地
Well some fell prey
有些人淪為獵物
To hostile arrows
帶著仇恨的箭
As they tried
他們竭盡全力
To cross the plains
穿越平原
And some were lost in the rocky mountains
有些人迷失在怪石嶙峋的山里
With their hands froze to the reins
他們的手都被束縛住了
Oh some would fail
有些人會(huì)失敗
And some would prosper
有些人會(huì)功成名就
Some would die
有人會(huì)死去
And some would kill
有些人會(huì)大殺四方
Some would thank
有人會(huì)感謝
The lord for their deliverance
上帝拯救了他們
Some would curse
有人會(huì)詛咒
John Sutter’s mill
約翰·沙特的工廠
Some pushed on to California
有些人去了加利福尼亞
Others stopped to take their rest
其他人停下腳步休息片刻
By the spring of eighteen sixty
到了1860年春天
They had opened up the west
他們開辟了西部
Then the railroad
然后是鐵路
Came behind them
緊隨其后
And the land
這片土地
Was plowed and tamed
被耕種被馴服
When old John Sutter
當(dāng)老約翰·薩特
Went to meet his maker
去見了上帝
He’d not one penny
他身無分文
To his name
敬他的名字
Oh some would fail
有些人會(huì)失敗
And some would prosper
有些人會(huì)功成名就
Some would die
有人會(huì)死去
And some would kill
有些人會(huì)大殺四方
Some would thank
有人會(huì)感謝
The lord for their deliverance
上帝拯救了他們
Some would curse
有人會(huì)詛咒
John Sutter’s mill
約翰·沙特的工廠
Some would curse
有人會(huì)詛咒
John Sutter’s mill
約翰·沙特的工廠
Some men’s thirsts
有些人饑渴難耐
Are never filled
永遠(yuǎn)無法填補(bǔ)