歌词与中文翻译
A man that was old come a-courting one day
一个老牛仔有一天来求婚
And the girls wouldn't have him
姑娘们也不愿嫁给他
He come down the lane on a walking cane
他拄着拐杖沿着小巷走下来
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to give him a chair
我妈妈让我给他一把椅子
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I give him a chair and he looked mighty queer
我给了他一把椅子，他看上去很奇怪
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to hang up his hat
我妈妈让我把他的帽子挂起来
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I hung up his hat and he kicked at the cat
我把他的帽子挂起来，他朝猫踢去
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to give him some meat
我妈妈让我给他端一些肉
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I give him some meat, and oh how he did eat
我给他一些肉，哦，看着他怎么吃掉
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to give him the hoe
我妈妈让我把锄头给他
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I give him the hoe and he jumped Jim Crow
我把锄头给了他，他跳起了黑人奴隶吉姆·克罗舞
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to give him the saw
我妈妈让我把锯子给他
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I give him the saw and he played "Rye Straw"
我把锯子给他，他就弹唱起《黑麦秸秆》
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to put him to bed
我妈妈让我把他扶到床上
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I put him to bed and he stood on his head
我扶他上床，他头朝下倒立着
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿
My mother she told me to send him away
我妈妈让我把他送走
For the girls wouldn't have him
因为女孩们不想要他
I sent him away and he left Christmas Day
我把他送走了，他在圣诞节那天离开了
With his overshoes on and his leggings
他穿着套鞋和护腿