歌词
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
如今我教垂柳如何哭泣
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
我告诉云彩如何遮住清澈的蓝天
the And tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you
我为那女人哭泣的泪水会淹没你
River.Big
大河啊
我要坐到这儿直到死
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
我曾在圣保罗（明尼苏达州）偶遇她
每次听到她那拖腔的口音，都会感到被撕扯
I met her accidentally in St. Paul （Minnesota）.
那南方拖腔
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl,
当时我仿佛听到旧梦重返
Southern drawl.
回到那曾嬉戏的达文波特
Then I heard my dream was back
我跟随你
Downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
大河啊，你把我召唤
And I followed you,
后来你带我去圣路易斯（沿着河流）
Big River, when you called.
一个船夫说她曾到此，而现已离去，年轻人，她走了
我在孟菲斯寻到了她的踪迹，可她只是沿着街区走
Then you took me to St. Louis later on （down the river）.
她扬了下眉毛，自顾自的向前走去
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone.
现在，你不会在巴吞鲁日挨揍吧？
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block.
大河女王，不息奔流吧
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.
带那个女人去新奥尔良吧
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge,
新奥尔良
River Queen, roll it on.
去吧，我受够了，把我的忧郁撒进海湾吧
Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
她爱你
New Orleans.
大河，胜过爱我
Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.
如今我教垂柳如何哭泣
She loves you,
我告诉云彩如何遮住清澈的蓝天
Big River, more than me.
我为那个女人哭泣的泪水会淹没你
大河啊
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
那么我要坐到这儿至死方休
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you
Big River.
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
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