歌手:Wilco
专辑:《Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions》

作词 : Woody Guthrie
作曲 : Billy Bragg
To the rich man's bright lodges

I ride in this wind

On my good horse I call you

My shiny black Bess

To the playhouse of fortune

To take the bright silver

And gold you have taken

From somebody else

And as we go riding

In the damp foggy midnight
You snort my good pony

And you give me your best

For you know and I know

Good horse 'mongst the rich ones
How oftimes we go there
An unwelcome guest

I never took food

From the widows and orphans
And never a hardworking man I oppressed

So take your pace easy

For home soon like lightning

We soon will be riding
My shiny black Bess

No fat rich man's pony

Can ever overtake you

And there's not a rider

From the east to the west

Could hold you a light

In this dark mist and midnight
When the potbellied thieves

Chase the unwelcome guest

I don't know good horse

As we trot in this dark here

That robbing the rich

Is for worse or for best

They take it by stealing

And lying and gambling

And I take it my way
My shiny Black Bess

I treat horses good

And I'm friendly to strangers

I ride and your running
Makes my guns talk the best

And the rangers and deputies

Are hired by the rich man
To catch me and hang me

My shining black Bess

Yes they'll catch me napping one day
And they'll kill me

And then I'll be gone

But that won't be my end
For my guns and my saddle

Will always be filled
By unwelcome travelers
And other brave men

And they'll take the money

And spread it out equal
Just like the Bible
And the prophets suggest

But men that go riding

To help these poor workers
The rich will cut down
Like an unwelcome guest