In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama
Di tengah teriknya hari dibawah Mobile, Alabama.
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
Bekerja di kereta api dengan baja mengemudikan palu.
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
Harus membuat beberapa uang untuk membeli sepatu baru.
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
mencoba untuk menemukan seseorang untuk mengambil musik blues ini.
"She don't love me" hear them singing in the sun
"She don't love me" hear them singing in the sun
"Dia tidak mencintaiku" mendengar mereka bernyanyi di bawah sinar matahari.
Payday's coming and my work is all done
hari gajian itu datang dan pekerjaanku semua selesai.
Payday's coming and my work is all done
hari gajian itu datang dan pekerjaanku semua selesai.
Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low
Kemudian di malam hari ketika matahari tenggelam rendah.
All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow
All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sepanjang hari aku telah menunggu peluit untuk meniup.
Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
Duduk di teepee dibangun tepat di atas rel.
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
Bergulir tulang mereka sampai mandor datang kembali.
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
kemasi barang-barangmu nak dan berhamburan.
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles about
Kami punya jadwal kereta datang dua mil sekitar.
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles about
Kami punya jadwal kereta datang dua mil sekitar.
Everybody's scrambling, running around
Semua orang berebut, berlarian.
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
Mengambil uang mereka, merobek teepee turun.
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
Mandor ingin panik, akan gila.
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
Mencoba untuk mendapatkan pekerja keluar jalan kereta.
Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
Insinyur pukulkan peluit keras dan panjang.
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on
Tidak bisa menghentikan kereta, harus membiarkannya bergulir.