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　　Jim Jones (trad. arr. by Bob Dylan) 吉姆琼斯
　　专辑《Good As I Been To You (1992)》
　　
　　Come and listen for a moment, lads, /夫人，来听一会儿
　　And hear me tell my tale. /听我讲讲我的故事。
　　How across the sea from England /怎样从英格兰横越海洋
　　I was condemned to sail. /我被定罪去航行。
　　Now the jury found me guilty,/陪审团找到我的罪过，
　　Then says the judge, says he, /于是法官发话，他说
　　"Oh, for life, Jim Jones, I'm sending you /“哦为了保命，吉姆琼斯，我送你
　　Across the stormy sea./穿越海上的风暴。
　　But take a tip before you ship /上船前，你得带点小费
　　To join the iron gang. /给你要加入的钢铁军团。
　　Don't get too gay in Botany Bay,/在波特尼海湾（注：库克船长于1770年首次在此登上澳洲大陆）别太放纵，
　　Or else you'll surely hang. /否则肯定绞死你。
　　Or else you'll surely hang," says he. /否则肯定绞死你，”他说。
　　"And after that, Jim Jones, /“之后，吉姆琼斯，
　　It's high above on the gallows tree /海湾高出搭绞架的树，
　　The crows will pick your bones."/人群会捡拾你的骨头。”
　　
　　And our ship was high upon the sea /我们的船到了海上
　　Then pirates came along, /海盗跟了上来，
　　But the soldiers on our convict ship /但是我们囚犯船的士兵们
　　Were full five hundred strong. /都身强力壮。
　　For they opened fire and somehow drove /他们开火乱打一通
　　That pirate ship away./海盗船逃了。
　　But I'd rather have joined that pirate ship /但是我宁愿加入那条海盗船
　　Tan gone to Botany Bay. /一起驶向波特尼海湾。
　　With the storms ragin' round us, /我们身边巨浪滔天，
　　And the winds a-blowin' gale, /狂风呼号，
　　I'd rather have drowned in misery /我深陷惨境中
　　Than gone to New South Wales./到了南威尔士（注：在澳大利亚）
　　
　　Now it's day and night and the irons clang, /白天晚上镣铐玎珰，
　　And like poor galley slaves /像穷困的奴隶
　　We toil and toil, and when we die /我们劳作再劳作，我们
　　Must fill dishonored graves, /必须填满被受耻辱的墓穴才能死去。
　　And it's by and by I'll slip my chains, /不久后，我拖着枷锁，
　　Well, into the bush I'll go /啊，逃进了灌木丛
　　And I'll join the bravest rankers there, /在那里，我将是勇敢的逃犯，
　　Jack Donohue and co. /就像杰克唐纳休和他的伙伴。（注）
　　And some dark night, when everything /在一个漆黑的夜晚，城里
　　Is silent in the town /万籁俱寂
　　I'll shoot those tyrants one and all,/我要枪 击所有的暴君，
　　I'll gun the flogger down. /我要射 杀鞭打者。
　　Oh, I'll give the land a little shock, /哦，我要让土地来点震动，
　　Remember what I say, /记住我说的话，
　　And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones /他们还会后悔，让吉姆琼斯
　　In chains to Botany Bay./带着枷锁去波特尼湾。
　　(1992)