萨姆·巴斯(Sam Bass)是美国西部拓荒时代著名的火车劫匪,犯过很多大案要案。比如著名的联合太平洋铁路公司列车在大斯普林被劫案(Union Pacific Big Springs robbery),可以说是载入史册的案例了。这首《萨姆·巴斯之歌》简短、悠扬、婉转,也充满西部风情,娓娓道来萨姆老哥的一生。其中开头的歌词是这么唱的:
Sam Bass was born in Indiana, it was his native home,
萨姆·巴斯出生在印第安纳,这是他原本的家
And at the age of seventeen young Sam began to roam.
17岁的他开始去流浪
Sam first came out to Texas a cowboy for to be,
萨姆去了德州,想要当牛仔
A kinder-hearted fellow you seldom ever see.
他绝对是你见过的最热心的小伙子
萨姆先是来到密西西比的罗斯代尔(Rosedale),在这儿打工的一年时间里,擅长自学的萨姆迅速学会了怎么使用枪支。他还在这儿遇到了一位德州的警队队员小哥。从小成长在农场的萨姆一直梦想去德克萨斯当一名牛仔,借这个机会,他跟着人家来到了德州的丹顿市(Denton),成了警长伊根老爹(Sheriff W. F. “Dad” Eagan)手下的一名雇员——后来这位老爹费了很大劲去搜捕劫匪萨姆,不过这是后话了。
Sam Bass was born in Indiana, it was his native home,
And at the age of seventeen young Sam began to roam.
Sam first came out to Texas a cowboy for to be,
A kinder-hearted fellow you seldom ever see.
Sam used to deal in race-stock, one called the Denton mare;
He matched her in scrub races and took her to the fair.
Sam used to coin the money, and spent it just as free;
he always drank good whiskey wherever he might be.
Sam left the Collins ranch in the merry month of May,
With a herd of Texas cattle the Black Hills for to see;
Sold out in Custer City, and then got on a spree;
A harder set of cowboys you seldom ever see.
On their way back to Texas they robbed the U.P. train,
And then split up in couples and started out again;
Joe Collins and his partner were overtaken soon,
With all their hard-earned money they had to meet their doom.
Sam made it back to Texas, all right side up with care;
Rode into town of Denton with all his friends to share.
Sam's life was short in Texas; three robberies did he do:
he robbed all the passenger, mail, and express cars too.
Sam met his fate at Round Rock, July the twenty-first,
They pierced poor Sam with rifle balls and emptied out his purse.
Poor Sam he is a corpse and six foot under clay,
And Jackson's in the bushes trying to get away.
Jim had borrowed Sam's good gold and didn't want to pay,
The only shot he saw was to give poor Sam away.
he sold out Sam and Barnes and left their friends to mourn.
Oh, what a scorching Jim will get when Gabriel blows his horn!
Yes he sold out Sam and Barnes and left their friends to mourn,
Oh, what a scorching Jim will get when Gabriel blows his horn!
Perhaps he's got to heaven, there's none of us can say,
But if I'm right in my surmise he's gone the other way.
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