I'm a maker of ballads right pretty
我写的情歌相当漂亮
I write em right here in the street
我把它们写在街上
You can buy them all over the city
你能在整座城市里买到
Yours for a penny a sheet
一分钱一张
I'm a word pecker out of the printers
我是一架逐字打印机
Out of the dens of Gin Lane
杜松子酒巷外
I'll write up a scene on a counter
撰写了一副场景
Confessions and sins in the main
向主忏悔罪状
Boys, confession and sins in the main
男孩，向主忏悔罪状
Then you'll find me in Madame Geneva's
那时你会发现我在MG里
Keepin the demons at bay
像个酒鬼
There's nothin like gin for drownin them in
没有什么像杜松子酒淹没他们
But they'll always be back on a hangin day
但他们总是会回来放纵
On a hangin day
放纵一天
They come rattlin over the cobbles
爬过软石
They sit on their coffins of black
坐在棺材背面
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
有些哑然无声，有些喋喋不休
Top-heavy on brandy or sack
晕头晕脑地喝酒或者被解雇
The pews are all full of fine fellows
长凳上坐满伙伴
And the hawker has set up her shop
小贩开启了店
As they're turnin em off at the gallows
当他们拒绝被夹在木架上
She'll be sellin right under the drop
她会豁出去
Boys, sellin right under the drop
男孩，豁出去吧
Then you'll find me in Madame Geneva's
你会在MG找到我
Keepin the demons at bay
海湾的鬼
There's nothin like gin for drownin them in
没有什么像杜松子酒淹没他们
But they'll always be back on a hangin day
但他们总是会回来放纵
On a hangin day
放纵一天