City of New Orleans
歌詞:
[English]
Riding on the city of new orleans,
Illinois central monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
Good morning america how are you?
Don't you know me i'm your native son,
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Dealin' card with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
Oh won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steam.*
Mothers with their babes asleep,
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they dream.*
Nighttime on the city of new orleans,
Changing cars in memphis, tennessee.
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea.
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his song again,
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.
Good night, america, how are you?
Don't you know me i'm your native son,
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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この曲の語彙:
語彙 | 意味 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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train /treɪn/ A1 |
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morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1 |
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cars /kɑːrz/ A1 |
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riders /ˈraɪdər/ A2 |
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conductors /kənˈdʌktər/ B1 |
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/meɪl/ A2 |
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southbound /ˈsaʊθbaʊnd/ B1 |
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pulls /pʊlz/ A1 |
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houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/ A1 |
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farms /fɑːrmz/ A1 |
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fields /fiːldz/ A1 |
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freight /freɪt/ B1 |
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graveyards /ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/ B2 |
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rusted /ˈrʌstɪd/ B1 |
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automobiles /ˈɔːtəməbiːlz/ B2 |
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native /ˈneɪtɪv/ B1 |
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score /skɔːr/ A2 |
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wheels /wiːlz/ A1 |
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sons /sʌnz/ A1 |
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fathers /ˈfɑːðər/ A1 |
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mothers /ˈmʌðər/ A1 |
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babes /beɪbz/ A2 |
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asleep /əˈsliːp/ A1 |
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beat /biːt/ A2 |
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nighttime /ˈnaɪttaɪm/ A2 |
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home /hoʊm/ A1 |
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morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1 |
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darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ B1 |
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towns /taʊnz/ A1 |
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people /ˈpiːpl/ A1 |
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dream /driːm/ A1 |
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steel /stiːl/ A2 |
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sings /sɪŋz/ A1 |
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blues /bluːz/ B1 |
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文法:
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Riding on the city of New Orleans...
➔ 現在分詞の動詞としての使用
➔ 「Riding」は動詞「ride」の現在分詞で、ここでは文頭に置かれて動詞として機能し、継続中の動作を示しています。「We are riding」の省略形です。
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
➔ 未来単純時制と時間節
➔ 「I'll be gone」は未来の行動を表す未来単純時制を使っています。「when the day is done」は「when」で始まる時間節で、未来の行動がいつ完了するかを示しています。
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Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
➔ 二重否定と非標準的な英語
➔ 「ain't no one」は二重否定です。標準的な英語では、「isn't anyone」または「is no one」となります。「ain't」の使用も非標準的です。
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Passin' trains that have no names,
➔ 現在分詞 'Passin'' の修飾語としての用法と関係節
➔ 「Passin'」は「pass」の現在分詞で、列車の種類を説明する修飾語として機能しています。「that have no names」は、列車をさらに詳しく説明する関係節です。
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Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
➔ 命令形と動名詞句を直接目的語として使用
➔ 「Feel」は命令形で、命令を与えています。「the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor」は動詞「feel」の直接目的語として機能します。「Rumblin'」は「wheels」を修飾する動名詞です。