歌词
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
六月三日，三角洲又是灰尘滚滚
I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay
我在外面采着棉花，哥哥堆着干草
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
傍晚我们收工回房子吃饭
And mama hollered out the back door, "Y'all, remember to wipe your feet!"
妈妈喊道：“把脚擦干净再进来！”
And then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
接着她说道：“今早上从Choctaw岭上打听了”
"Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“那个比利乔从Tallahatchie桥上跳河了”
And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas,
爸爸一边分着豇豆一边对妈妈说道：
"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please"
“比利这人就不是什么好狗——把面饼分一下”
"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
“东北边还有五亩地等着我去犁呢”
And mama said, "It was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow"
妈妈说：“人家都死了你好歹也惋惜一下吧”
"Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge"
“好像那边就没传来过什么好消息”
"And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“然后今天又闹了跳桥这么一出”
And brother said he recollected when he, and Tom, and Billie Joe
哥哥说他还记得他和汤姆和比利
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
在图片展上放了只青蛙在我背上
"And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?"
“我上星期天晚上还跟他在教堂聊天来着”
"I'll have another piece-a apple pie; you know, it don't seem right"
“我在要份苹果派——这事不太对劲啊”
"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"
“昨天我还在Choctaw岭上的锯木厂见着他呢”
"And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“结果今天你就跟我说人家跳桥了”
And mama said to me, "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"
妈妈又对我说道：“孩子啊，你怎么没胃口了”
"I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite"
“我都煮了一整天了，你连一口都没吃？”
"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
“那个帅小伙牧师泰勒今天来我们家坐了坐”
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"
“他说星期天想一起吃个晚饭——哦，还有啊”
"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
“他说他在Choctaw岭上碰见了个跟你长得挺像的姑娘”
"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“他和比利乔从桥上往河里扔了什么东西”
A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
光阴似箭，比利死了都过一年了
And brother married Becky Thompson; they bought a store in Tupelo
哥哥娶了贝琪汤普森，它们俩在Tupelo买了家商店
There was a virus going 'round; papa caught it, and he died last spring
春天闹流感，爸爸染病死了
And now mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything
妈妈现在干什么都没心思了
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
我呢，我一有空就去Choctaw岭摘野花
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
然后将它们抛在Tallahatchie桥下浑浊的水中
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