Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat

歌曲 Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
歌手 Pete Seeger
专辑 American Industrial Ballads

歌词

[00:11.45] Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[00:13.74] How in the world can a poor man eat?
[00:15.98] Flour up high and cotton down low
[00:18.27] How in the world can we raise the dough?
[00:20.81] Clothes worn out, shoes run down
[00:22.97] Ol' slouch hat with a hole in the crown
[00:25.36] Back nearly broken and fingers all sore
[00:27.70] Cotton gone down to rise no more
[00:30.14]
[00:40.93] Seven cent cotton an' eight dollar pants
[00:43.01] Who in the world has got a chance?
[00:45.20] We can't buy clothes, we can't buy meat
[00:48.00] Too much cotton and not enough to eat
[00:50.28] Can't help each other, what'll we do?
[00:52.48] I can't explain it so it's up to you
[00:54.77] Seven cent cotton and two dollar hose
[00:57.17] Guess we'll have to do without any clothes
[00:59.41]
[01:05.11] Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[01:08.23] How in the world can a poor man eat?
[01:10.37] Mules in the barn no crop laid by
[01:13.03] Corn crib's empty and the cow's gone dry
[01:15.52] Well water low, nearly outta sight
[01:17.87] Can't take a bath on a Saturday night
[01:19.91] No use talkin', any man is beat
[01:22.50] With seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[01:24.64]
[01:35.63] Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[01:37.67] How in the world can a poor man eat?
[01:40.02] Poor are gettin' poorer all around here
[01:42.50] Kids comin' regular every year
[01:44.65] Fatten our harvest, take into town
[01:47.09] All we get is six cents a pound
[01:49.53] Very next day we have to buy it back
[01:51.62] Forty cents a pound in a paper sack

歌词大意

[00:11.45] qī fēn qián de mián huā sì shí fēn de ròu
[00:13.74] zài zhè shì shàng qióng rén hé yǐ guǒ fù
[00:15.98] miàn fěn fēi zhǎng mián huā bào diē
[00:18.27] zài zhè shì shàng wǒ men rú hé fā dé qǐ miàn
[00:20.81] yī làn xié pò
[00:22.97] mào yán shàng yǒu gè dòng
[00:25.36] yāo suān bèi tòng shǒu zhǐ chōu jīn
[00:27.70] mián huā bào diē yī jué bù zhèn
[00:30.14]
[00:40.93] qī fēn qián de mián huā bā kuài qián de kù
[00:43.01] zài zhè shì shàng shuí hái yǒu jī huì
[00:45.20] wǒ men mǎi bu qǐ yī mǎi bu qǐ ròu
[00:48.00] mián huā tài duō chī de bù gòu
[00:50.28] wú fǎ hù zhù wǒ men néng zǎ bàn
[00:52.48] wǒ méi fǎ ér shuō suǒ yǐ kàn nǐ de
[00:54.77] qī fēn qián de mián huā liǎng kuài qián de wà
[00:57.17] yī bù bì tǐ wǒ men néng gàn shén me
[00:59.41]
[01:05.11] qī fēn qián de mián huā sì shí fēn de ròu
[01:08.23] zài zhè shì shàng qióng rén hé yǐ guǒ fù
[01:10.37] luó zi zài kōng dàng dàng de gǔ cāng lǐ
[01:13.03] shí cáo kōng le nǎi niú yě gàn le
[01:15.52] jǐng yě kuài kū le jī hū kàn bú dào shuǐ
[01:17.87] zhōu liù wǎn dōu bù néng xǐ zǎo
[01:19.91] shuō yě méi yòng měi ge rén dōu jīng pí lì jié
[01:22.50] qī fēn qián de mián huā sì shí fēn de ròu
[01:24.64]
[01:35.63] qī fēn qián de mián huā sì shí fēn de ròu
[01:37.67] zài zhè shì shàng qióng rén hé yǐ guǒ fù
[01:40.02] zài zhè lǐ qióng rén yù qióng
[01:42.50] hái zi jiàn jiàn zhōng yòng
[01:44.65] bāng zhe fēng shōu dài jìn chéng lǐ
[01:47.09] yī bàng zhǐ yǒu liù fēn qián
[01:49.53] dì èr tiān wǒ men jiù dé mǎi huí lái
[01:51.62] sì shí fēn yī bàng zhuāng zài dài zi lǐ