In the spring of 47

故事的發生

So the story it is told

要從1847年的春天說起

Old John Sutter went to the mill site

老約翰.薩特在磨坊外

Found a piece of shinin" gold

拾到一塊金子

Well he took it to the city

於是帶著它去了城裡

Where the word like wildfire spread

在那裡關於金礦的訊息如野火蔓延開來

And old John Sutter soon came to wish he"d

薩特很快就後悔

Left that stone in the river bed

該把那塊石頭留在河床上

For they came like herds of locusts

人們集聚如蝗

Every woman child and man

男人、女人和孩子們

In their lumberin" Conestogas

在大篷車笨重的前行中

They left their tracks upon the land

將車轍留在原野上

Some would fail and some would prosper

有人無功而返有人心遂所願

Some would die and some would kill

有人長眠異鄉有人圖財害命

Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance

有人將感激上帝解脫了他們

And some would curse John Sutter"s Mill

有人會詛咒約翰薩特的磨房

Well they came from New York City

他們有的來自紐約城

And they came from Alabama

有的來自阿拉巴馬州

With their dreams of findin" fortunes

帶著他們的發財夢

In this wild unsettled land

來到這荒蠻的土地上

Well some fell prey to hostile arrows

一些人在穿越平原時

As they tried to cross the plains

命喪箭下

And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains

一些人失蹤在洛基山脈

With their hands froze to the reins

凍餓而亡

Oh some would fail and some would prosper

噢有人無功而返有人心遂所願

Some would die and some would kill

有人長眠異鄉有人圖財害命

Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance

有人將感激上帝解脫了他們

And some would curse John Sutter"s Mill

有人會詛咒約翰薩特的磨房

Well some pushed on to California

一些人執著前行去往加州

And others stopped to take their rest

一些人駐足不往休養生息

And by the Spring of 1860

1860年時

They had opened up the West

他們開發了西部

And then the railroad came behind them

鐵路隨後而至

And the land was plowed and tamed

荒原終被開發和征服

When old John Sutter went to meet his maker

當約翰薩特離開人世

He"d not one penny to his name

自己卻一文不名

Oh some would fail and some would prosper

有人無功而返有人心遂所願

Some would die and some would kill

有人長眠異鄉有人圖財害命

Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance

有人將感激上帝解脫了他們

And some would curse John Sutter"s Mill

有人會詛咒約翰薩特的磨房

And some would curse John Sutter"s Mill

有人會詛咒約翰薩特的磨房

Some men"s thirsts are never filled

有人的慾望卻永遠無法滿足