歌词与中文翻译
Willie Moore was a king, his age twenty-one,
威利.莫是个国王，那时他只有21岁。
He courted a damsel fair;
他公平追求一位美丽的女子。
O, her eyes was as bright as the diamonds every night,
她的眼睛如钻石一般璀璨，在夜色中闪出光亮。
And wavy black was her hair.
她的秀发如黑色的波浪。
He courted her both night and day,
他没日没夜的追求心爱的女子，
'Til to marry they did agree;
直到女子同意了他的求婚。
But when he came to get her parents consent,
但当他们去请求父母的同意时，
They said it could never be.
被坚定的拒绝了。
She threw herself in Willie Moore's arms,
她卧在威利.莫温暖的臂膀之中，
As oftime had done before;
就像平常一样。
But little did he think when they parted that night,
他们分开的那晚他没有想太多，
Sweet Anna he would see no more.
却不知他再也无法见到美丽的安娜了。
It was about the tenth of May,
记得是5月10日左右，
The time I remember well;
我永远也不会忘记那天。
That very same night, her body disappeared
当天晚上安娜失踪了，
In a way no tongue could tell.
没有人知道是怎么回事。
Sweet Annie was loved both far and near,
可爱的安娜被所有人所喜爱，
Had friends most all around;
大家都是她的朋友。
And in a little brook before the cottage door,
数日后她的尸体被发现在
The body of sweet Anna was found.
茅屋门前的小溪里。
She was taken by her weeping friends,
她的尸体被哭泣的朋友们
And carried to her parent's room,
送到了她父母的房间里。
And there she was dressed in a gown of snowy white,
她被穿上了雪白的衣袍，
And laid her in a lonely tomb.
埋在了孤独的坟墓中。
Her parents now are left all alone,
她的父母永远失去了她，
One mourns while the other one weeps;
他们不停的哭泣哀吟。
And in a grassy mound before the cottage door,
而可爱的安娜依旧沉睡在
The body of sweet Anna still sleeps.
茅屋前布满植被的坟冢之中。
This song was composed in the flowery West
这首歌是从布满鲜花的西部
By a man you may never have seen;
一个你们从未见过的流浪汉口中传过来的。
O, I'll tell you his name, but it is not in full,
我会告诉你他的名字，但这名字并不完整。
His initials are J.R.D.4
他名字的首字母是 J.R.D