歌词
Oh the trees they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green
哦，树木长高了，叶子变绿了
And many's the cold winter's night my love and I have seen
多少个寒冷的冬夜，我和爱人看着这些
On a cold winter's night my love you and I alone have been
又是一个寒夜，我孤独的爱着你
Oh my bonny boy is young but he's growing, growing, growing
哦，我漂亮的男孩如此年轻，可他在成长
My bonny boy is young but he's growing
年轻的他在成长
"Oh father, dear father, you've done to me much harm “
哦，父亲，亲爱的父亲，你害苦了我
For to go and get me married to one who is so young
为了让我嫁给一个这么年轻的人
For he is only sixteen years old and I am twenty-one
他只有十六岁，而我已二十一了
Oh my bonny boy is young but he's growing, growing, growing
哦，我漂亮的男孩如此年轻，可他在成长
My bonny boy is young but he's growing."
年轻的他在成长。”
"Oh daughter, dear daughter, I'll tell you what I'll do “
哦，女儿，亲爱的女儿，我告诉你我会做什么
I'll send your love to college for another year or two
我会把你的爱再送进大学一两年
And all around his college cap I'll tie a ribbon blue
我要在他的大学帽周围系一条蓝丝带
For to let the ladies know that he's married, married, married
为了让女士们知道他已经结婚了
To let the ladies know that he's married."
他是个有妇之夫。”
Now at the age of sixteen he was a married man
十六岁的已是个丈夫
And at the age of seventeen the father to a son
十七岁时成为父亲，生了一个儿子
And at the age of eighteen the grass grew over him
十八岁时，坟草就长在他的身上
Cruel death soon put an end to his growing, growing, growing
残酷的死亡很快结束了他的成长
Cruel death soon put an end to his growing
永恒沉睡在坟墓里
And now my love is dead and in his grave doth lie
现在我的爱也死了，躺在他的坟墓里
The green grass grows over him so very very high
绿草在他身上生长得很高
I'll sit here and mourn his death until the day I die
我会坐在这里哀悼他的死，直到我死的那一天
And I'll watch all o'er his child while he's growing, growing, growing
我会看着他的孩子长大
I'll watch all o'er his child while he's growing
一直照顾他长大
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