In the spring of 47
故事的发生
So the story  it is told
要从1847年的春天说起 
Old John Sutter went to the mill site
老约翰.萨特在磨坊外 
Found a piece of shinin' gold
拾到一块金子 
Well  he took it to the city
于是带着它去了城里
Where the word like wildfire spread
在那里关于金矿的消息，如野火蔓延开来 
And old John Sutter soon came to wish he'd
萨特很快就后悔 
Left that stone in the river bed
该把那块石头留在河床上 
For they came like herds of locusts
人们集聚如蝗 
Every woman  child and man
男人、女人和孩子们 
In their lumberin' Conestogas
在大篷车笨重的前行中 
They left their tracks upon the land
将车辙留在原野上 
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返，有人心遂所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人图财害命 
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们 
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房 
Well  they came from New York City
他们有的来自纽约城 
And they came from Alabama
有的来自阿拉巴马州 
With their dreams of findin' fortunes
带着他们的发财梦 
In this wild unsettled land
来到这荒蛮的土地上 
Well  some fell prey to hostile arrows
一些人在穿越平原时
As they tried to cross the plains
命丧箭下 
And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
一些人失踪在洛基山脉 
With their hands froze to the reins
冻饿而亡 
Oh  some would fail and some would prosper
噢，有人无功而返，有人心遂所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人图财害命 
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们 
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房 
Well  some pushed on to California
一些人执著前行去往加州
And others stopped to take their rest
一些人驻足不往休养生息
And by the Spring of 1860
1860年时
They had opened up the West
他们开发了西部 
And then the railroad came behind them
铁路随后而至 
And the land was plowed and tamed
荒原终被开发和征服 
When old John Sutter went to meet his maker
当约翰萨特离开人世 
He'd not one penny to his name
自己却一文不名 
Oh  some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返，有人心遂所愿 
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人图财害命 
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们 
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房 
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房 
Some men's thirsts are never filled
有人的欲望却永远无法满足 

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