歌词
There is an old man called Mississippi,
有位老人名叫密西西比,,
That's the old man I don't like to be.
我不想变成那样的的老头子。
What does he care if the world' d got troubles,
世间若是麻烦不断,他会在乎什么?
What does he care if the land ain' t free.
这片土地若是不再自由,他还在乎什么。
Old man river,
老人河,
Dat old man river!
啊,老人河
He must know something,
他一定知道些什么,
But don't say nothing.
但什么也不说。
He just keeps rolling,
他只是不停地流动,
He keeps on rolling along.
滚滚向前。
He don' t plant tatoes,
他不种马铃薯,
He don' t plant cotton,
也不种棉花,
And dem dat plant'em is soon forgotten,
那些种植很快被遗忘,
But old man river,
可老人河,
He just keeps rolling along.
依旧向前流淌。
You and me we sweat and strain,
你和我,我们流血又流汗,
Body all aching and rocked wid pain.
全身酸痛,又是一阵剧痛。
Tote dat barge and lift dat bale,
将大包小包搬到驳船,扛起成捆成捆的麻袋,
Get a little drunk and you'll land in jail.
稍微喝点酒,你就会坐牢的。
But I keep laughing instead of crying,
但我一直在笑,而不是哭,
I must keep fighting until I'm dying,
我必须继续战斗直到我死,
But old man river,
可老人河。
He just keeps rolling along.
他只是滚滚向前、
Let me go way from the Mississippi,
让我离开密西西比河,
Let me go way from the white man boss.
让我远离白人老板。
Show me that stream call de river Jordan,
给我看那条叫约旦河的小溪,
Dat de old stream dat I long to cross.
这条古老的溪流使我渴望跨越它。
Old man river,
老人河,
Dat old man river!
啊,老人河
He must know something,
他一定知道些什么
But don't say nothing.
但什么也不说。
He just keeps rolling,
他只是不停地流动,
He keeps on rolling along.
滚滚向前。
Long old river forever keeps rolling on
长长的老人河永远滚滚向前
He don' t plant tatoes,
他不种马铃薯,
He don' t plant cotton,
也不种棉花,
And dem dat plant'em is soon forgotten,
那些种植很快被遗忘,
But old man river,
可老人河,
He just keeps rolling along.
依旧向前流淌。
Long ol' river keeps hearing dat song
长长的老人河依旧滚滚向前
You and me we sweat and strain,
你和我,我们流血又流汗,
Body all aching and rocked wid pain.
全身酸痛,又是一阵剧痛。
Tote dat barge and lift dat bale,
将大包小包搬到驳船,扛起成捆成捆的麻袋,
Get a little drunk and you'll land in jail.
稍微喝点酒,你就会坐牢的。
But I keep laughing instead of crying,
但我一直在笑,而不是哭,
I must keep fighting until I'm dying,
我必须继续战斗直到我死,
But old man river,
可老人河,
He just keeps rolling along
他只是向前流淌
专辑信息
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