歌词
Willie Taylor was a brisk young sailor
威廉泰勒是位明快的年轻水手
He who courted a lady fair
他追求着一位美丽的姑娘
Bells were ringing, sailors singing
钟声响起，水手们欢快的歌唱
As to church they did repair
为了去教堂精心打扮
Thirty couples were at their wedding
三十对新人在他们的婚礼上
All were dressed in rich array
盛装而列
But instead of William being married
威廉并非来结婚
He was pressed and sent away
他迫于压力，悄然逃走
She dressed herself in man's apparel
她打扮成男人模样
Man's apparel she put on
穿上男性衣服
And she's gone to find her true love William
去寻找她的真爱，威廉
For to find him she is gone
正欲启程
Then the captain stepped up to her
船长拦住了她
Asking her "What's brought you here?"
问她：“是什么让你来到了这里？”
"Oh, I have come to seek my true love
“哦，我来寻找我的爱人
Who I've lately loved so dear."
令我如痴如醉的人”
"Well if you've come to seek your true love,
“好吧，若你来寻找你的爱人
Tell me what his name may be."
能否告诉我他的名字”
"Oh, his name, it's William Taylor.
“哦，他的名字是威廉泰勒
From the Irish ranks came he."
来自爱尔兰”
"You rise early tomorrow morning,
“你明早早起
You rise up at break of day,
在一天破晓之时
There you'll see your true love William
你会见到你的爱人威廉
Walking with some lady gay."
和某位女士走在一起”
So she rose up the very next morning
她第二天早起
She rose up at break of day
在破晓之时
And there she saw her true love William
那儿她见到了她的爱人威廉
Walking with some lady gay
和某个女人走在一起
Sword and pistol she then ordered
带上了枪剑
To be brought at her command
在她的命令之下
And she shot her true love William Taylor
然后她射向了她的爱人威廉
With his bride on his right hand
他的右手还牵着新娘
Now if all young folks in Kells or Dublin
如今若凯尔斯或都柏林的年轻人
Were server the same as she served he
像威廉一样待她的话
Then young girls would all be undone
年轻姑娘将毫不犹豫
How very scarce young men would be
那么青年男子将多么稀少啊
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