歌词
I am a young sailor, my story is sad
我是一个年轻的水手，我的故事很悲伤
Though once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad
虽然曾经我是一个无忧无虑的小伙子
I courted a lassie by night and by day
我曾从早到晚的陪伴在一个妹子的身边
Ah, but now she has left me and sailed far away
哎，但是她现在离开了我，出海去了远方
Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
如果我是一只黑鸟，可以浅吟低唱
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
我就会跟着我的真爱出海的那条船
And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
我要在最高的横帆上筑巢
And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
我还要在她雪白的胸脯上筑巢
Or if I was a scholar and could handle a pen
假如我是一个学者，知道如何驾驭文字
One secret love letter to my true love I'd send
我就要写一封秘密的情书送给我的爱人
And I'd tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain
我要告诉她我的悲伤哀愁和痛苦
Since she's gone and left me in yon flowery glen
因为她已离去，把我留在那繁花盛开的幽谷
Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
如果我是一只黑鸟，可以浅吟低唱
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
我就会跟着我的真爱出海的那条船
And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
我要在最高的横帆上筑巢
And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
我还要在她雪白的胸脯上筑巢
I sailed over the ocean, my fortune to seek
我航越大海，寻找着我的宝藏（即爱人）
And though I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek
依旧怀念着她的爱抚和在我脸颊上的亲吻
I returned and I told her my love was still warm
我回到她身边，告诉她我的爱仍未消失
But she turned away lightly and great was her scorn
但是她转身离开，带着深深的蔑视【告诉我是个好人】
Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
如果我是一只黑鸟，可以浅吟低唱
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
我就会跟着我的真爱出海的那条船
And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
我要在最高的横帆上筑巢
And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
我还要在她雪白的胸脯上筑巢
I offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair
我提出要带她去唐尼布鲁克的集市
And to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair
买来最好的缎带来系住她的头发
I offered to marry and to stay by her side
我提出婚姻，好永远的留在她的身旁
But she says in the morning she sailed with the tide
但是她却在早晨说她要伴着海浪远航
Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
如果我是一只黑鸟，可以浅吟低唱
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
我就会跟着我的真爱出海的那条船
And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
我要在最高的横帆上筑巢
And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
我还要在她雪白的胸脯上筑巢
My parents they chide me and will not agree
我的父母不同意（这段感情）并且斥责了我
Saying that me and my false love, married should never be
告诉我这是错误的感情，永远不应该走向婚姻
Ah, but let them deprive me or let them do what they will
哎，让他们剥夺我的（财产、自由），或者随他们怎么样
While there's breath in my body, she's the one that I love still
只要我还能呼吸，我对她的爱就矢志不渝
Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
如果我是一只黑鸟，可以浅吟低唱
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
我就会跟着我的真爱出海的那条船
And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
我要在最高的横帆上筑巢
And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
我还要在她雪白的胸脯上筑巢
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