A Country Boy Can Survive – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Hank Williams, Jr.

歌词与翻译

这首融合南方摇滚与乡村音乐的经典之作，通过鲜活生动的俚语和叙事性歌词，带你领略纯正美式乡村英语。学习如何用地道方言表达自给自足（'live off the land'）、狩猎工具（'shotgun and four wheel drive'）等生活场景词汇，体会歌词中'说恩典懂礼数，看不惯就直说'的率真态度。歌曲独特的对比叙事手法和铿锵节奏，是理解美国乡村文化精神的绝佳语言素材。

[中文]

牧师说这是末日降临

密西西比河啊，它就要干涸

利率上涨，股市下跌

只有去市中心才会被抢劫

我住在树林深处，你知道的

我和我的女人、孩子、还有狗

我有一把猎枪，一支步枪，还有一辆四轮驱动车

乡下小子能活下去

乡下人能活下去

我可以整天耕田

我可以从黄昏到黎明都抓鲶鱼（耶）

我们自己酿威士忌，也自己卷烟

没多少事这些老家伙做不了

我们种好番茄，酿自制葡萄酒

乡下小子能活下去

乡下人能活下去

因为你们饿不死我们，也赶不走我们

因为我们是玩枪长大的老家伙

我们祷告，我们说“夫人”

如果你不喜欢，我们不在乎

我们来自西弗吉尼亚的煤矿

和落基山脉，以及西方的天空

我们可以剥鹿皮，我们可以下延绳钓

乡下小子能活下去

乡下人能活下去

我在纽约市有个好朋友

他从不叫我的名字，只叫我乡巴佬

我爷爷教我如何靠土地为生

他的爷爷教他如何做生意

他过去常寄给我百老汇夜晚的照片

我会寄给他一些自制葡萄酒

但他被一个拿弹簧刀的人杀害了

为了43美元，我的朋友失去了生命

我想朝那家伙的眼睛里吐些槟榔渣

然后用我的老式.45手枪毙了他

因为乡下小子能活下去

乡下人能活下去

因为你们饿不死我们，也赶不走我们

因为我们是玩枪长大的老家伙

我们祷告，我们说“夫人”

如果你不喜欢，我们不在乎

我们来自北加州和南阿拉巴马

以及这片土地上的各个小镇

我们可以剥鹿皮，我们可以下延绳钓

乡下小子能活下去

乡下人能活下去

乡下小子能活下去

乡下人能活下去

...

[英语]

The preacher man says it's the end of time

And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry

The interest is up and the stock market's down

And you only get mugged if you go downtown

I live back in the woods, you see

My woman and the kids and the dogs and me

I got a shotgun, a rifle and a four-wheel drive

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

I can plow a field all day long

I can catch catfish from dusk 'til dawn (yeah)

We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too

Ain't too many things these old boys can't do

We grow good-ole tomatoes and homemade wine

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run

'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns

We say grace, and we say ma'am

If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn

We came from the West Virginia coal mines

And the Rocky Mountains, and the western skies

And we can skin a buck, we can run a trotline

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

I had a good friend in New York City

He never called me by my name, just hillbilly

My grandpa taught me how to live off the land

And his taught him to be a businessman

He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights

And I'd send him some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife

For 43 dollars, my friend lost his life

I'd love to spit some beech nut in that dude's eyes

And shoot him with my old .45

'Cause a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

'Cause you can't starve us out and you can't make us run

'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns

We say grace, and we say ma'am

If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn

We're from North California and South Alabam'

And little towns all around this land

And we can skin a buck, and run a trotline

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

A country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

重点词汇

词汇	含义
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ B1	verb - 幸存, 生存
plow /plaʊ/ B2	verb - 耕
catch /kætʃ/ A1	verb - 捕捉，抓住
grow /ɡroʊ/ A2	verb - 生长，种植
starve /stɑːrv/ B2	verb - 挨饿，饿死
raise /reɪz/ B1	verb - 养育
skin /skɪn/ B2	verb - 剥皮
friend /frend/ A1	noun - 朋友
taught /tɔːt/ A2	verb - 教
knife /naɪf/ A1	noun - 刀
shoot /ʃuːt/ A2	verb - 射击
woods /wʊdz/ A2	noun - 森林
wine /waɪn/ A1	noun - 葡萄酒
downtown /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/ A2	noun - 市中心
coal /koʊl/ B1	noun - 煤