16トン／フランク永井 歌詞

歌：フランク永井

作詞：Merle Travis・訳詞:井田誠一

作曲：Merle Travis

エーン、ヤッサノサ　エンヤサ
俺らの荷物は　重いぞ重いぞ
もうすぐ　ソレ　墓場だ　16トン
掘れよ　ツルハシ　シャベルだ
モッコをかつげ　ヨイコラサ
あの娘にも　おさらばだ

Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Perter don't you call me‘cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

エーン、ヤッサノサ　エンヤサ
くる日も　くる日も
泥んこだ　泥んこだ
まっ黒になってね　16トン
かつげ　百貫目の荷物
涙と汗で　ヨイコラサ
やるだけやったら極楽だ

I was born on mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said “Well, a-bless my soul”

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Perter don't you call me‘cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store