The Tale of Twopenny

Little boy
小伙子啊
Listen, I'll tell
聽聽我的故事
Little boy
小伙子啊
You can do well
你還能再加把勁

買進賣出
Buy and then sell,
錢包鼓鼓
Your pockets to swell,
魂歸地獄，卻只有兩枚硬幣相隨左右
Go straight to hell like Twopenny!
小伙子啊，跟著他的腳步

一步一步
Little boy Follow his lead
總有平步青雲日
Step by step
金銀無數
You could succeed!
衣食無憂

到了僵臥流血時，卻只剩下兩個便士！
Wealth guaranteed!
兩便士！
Never have need!
兩便士！
Lie there and bleed like Twopenny!
他不是家財萬貫？

他不是腦滿腸肥？
Twopenny
兩便士！
Twopenny
兩便士！
His assets were many
只剩兩手空蕩盪
His silk purses burst at the seams
蟲兒用他飽肚腸

Twopenny,
兩便士上蛆舞忙
Twopenny,
有錢有勢的大老爺
Now he's not got any!
放下利債又收回
Invested by worms
究竟是哪筆黑暗交易
for infinite terms,
給他敲定最後結局
the maggots long squirm in Twopenny!
是他花了誰的血汗？

還是哪位忠誠友人
Men of wealth
慷慨地投資了他的死亡？
Borrow and lend
血海之中苦掙扎
What dark deal
Brought him his end?
銀錢一併隨風去

Whose coin did he spend?
財寶權勢又如何
Which loyal friend
王子小丑又如何
Drew a dread dividend from Twopenny?
兩眼硬幣一蒙上，統統下地獄！

兩便士！
Sea of blood
兩便士！
Watch as he drowns
酒杯如今空蕩盪
As he sinks
美酒傾在石頭上
So goes the pound
兩便士！

兩便士！
Shillings and crowns
人人稱道大英雄
Princes and clowns
隨葬金錢屍骸爛
We all go down with Twopenny!

像那古時的木乃伊！
Twopenny
兩便士！
Twopenny
兩便士！
His goblet now empty
老菲利普啊，兩便士！
His fine wine is splashed on the stones!
小伙子，細細聽聽他的故事！

兩便士！
Twopenny
兩便士！
Twopenny
老菲利普啊兩便士！
A hero to many
我再唱一遍給你聽：
Decays in his vault
他是塊糞土葬進地！
Entombed with his gold
Like pharaohs of old, old Twopenny!

Twopenny
Twopenny
Old Philip Twopenny
My son, study closely his tale

Twopenny
Twopenny
Oh sing it again he's
A turd that's interred for eternity
Suck on it, old Phillip Twopenny!