歌词
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
问问我栏里的小鸡
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
她们会告诉你谁是最大的母鸡
I love 'em all and all of them love me
我爱她们她们也爱我
Because the system works
因为这种方式非常有效
The system called reciprocity...
有付出就有回报
Got a little motto
记住一句格言
Always sees me through
它总会帮助我
When you're good to Mama
只要你对妈妈好
Mama's good to you.
妈妈也会对你好
There's a lot of favors
我可以
I'm prepared to do
给你很多好处
You do one for Mama
只要你对妈妈好
She'll do one for you.
妈妈也会对你好
They say that life is tit for tat
他们说人生总是报应不爽
And that's the way I live
我的生活也是那样
So, I deserve a lot of tat
因此我该得到很多
For what I've got to give
那是我付出所应得的
Don't you know that this hand
你们也知道
Washes that one too
两只手是互相洗的
When you're good to Mama
只要你对妈妈好
Mama's good to you!
妈妈也会对你好
If you want my gravy
如果你想喝我的肉汤
Pepper my ragout
记得往我的汤里放些佐料
Spice it up for Mama
你让她喝高兴了
She'll get hot for you
她也会让你喝的爽
When they pass that basket
当你经过
Folk contribute to
捐款的箱子
You put in for Mama
帮妈妈捐一点
She'll put out for you
妈妈也会帮助你的
The folks atop the ladder
那些高高在上的人
Are the ones the world adores
那些大家崇拜的人
So boost me up my ladder, Kid
所以往上推我一把
And I'll boost you up yours
我也会向上推你一把
Let's all stroke together
大家互相帮助
Like the Princeton crew
就像普林斯顿人
When you're strokin' Mama
只要你帮助了妈妈
Mama's strokin' you
妈妈也会帮助你
So what's the one conclusion
究竟这首歌
I can bring this number to?
有什么主旨？
When you're good to Mama
只要你对妈妈好
Mama's good to you!
妈妈也会对你好！
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