Frankie & Albert

Frankie was a good girl
番可是個好女孩
Everybody knows
每個人都知道她
Paid one hundred dollars
她花了一百美元
For Albert's new suit of clothes
給阿波買了套新衣裳
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
Albert said 'I'm leaving you'
阿波說：“我要走了
Won't be gone for long
雖說也不會太久
Don't wait up for me
還是不用等我了
A-worry about me when I'm gone
走之後別你難過”
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他，他卻是個負心漢
Frankie went down to the corner saloon
番可去了小酒吧
Get a bucket of beer
要了扎啤有一扎
Said to the bartender
她對店員這樣講
'Has my lovin' man been her ?'
我愛的人愛我嗎
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
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'Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories“
好吧，其實沒想跟你講什麼
I ain't gonna tell you no lies
可我也沒學會說謊
I saw Albert an hour ago
一小時前才見他
With a gal named Alice Bly'
跟個叫愛麗絲的女人在一起”
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
Frankie went down to 12th street
番可去了12街
Lookin' up through the window high
走到高處窗外看
She saw her Albert there
看見阿波就在那裡
Lovin' up Alice Bly
和愛麗絲談情說愛
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
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Frankie pulled out a pistol
番可掏出手槍
Pulled out a forty-four
瞬間子彈全打光
Gun went off a-rootie-toot-toot
槍子無情突突突
And Albert fell on the floor
阿波倒在了地上
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
Frankie got down upon her knees
番可俯下身子來
Took Albert into her lap
把他放到臂彎裡
Started to hug and kiss him
抱著身子親吻她
But there was no bringin ' him back
可他不能醒過來
He was her manbut he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
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'Gimme a thousand policemen“
給我一千名看守
Throw me into a cell
把我送進那牢房
I shot my Albert dead
我的阿波被我殺了
And now I'm goin' to hell'
我要去地獄陪伴他
He was my man but he done me wrong.
我深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢”
Judge said to the jury
法官對陪審團說：
'Plain as a thing can be“
這種事情很平常
A woman shot her lover down
女人射殺了她的愛人
Murder in the second degree'
安第二等級謀殺案處理吧
He was her man but he done her wrong.
你看她深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢”
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Frankie went to the scaffold
番可走向絞刑台
Calm as a girl could be
內心盡可能平靜
Turned her eyes up toward the heavens
她舉目望向天堂邊
Said 'Nearer, my God, to Thee'
說道：“主啊，我離你近了”
He was her man but he done her wrong.
番可深深愛著他啊，他卻是個負心漢
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