歌词
Will we get cold and hungry
我们会饥寒交迫吗
Will times be very bad?
当美好的时光逝去
When we're needin' bread and meat
当我们急于糊口之时
Where we gonna get it, Dad?
父亲，我们如何才能到达彼岸
We'll get it from the man
吾将获之于老翁
In the house on the hill
于山中之隐舍
Yes we will from the man on the hill
是的，泠然于尘世之外
Ploughin' time is over
我们在时光的土地上耕种
Still the fields are bare
纵使它们依旧贫瘠
How we gonna make a livin'
我们终将寻获生存之道
With twenty acres to share?
以分享自己的土地
I'll beg for more land
我祈求更多的土地（暗指时间）
From the man on the hill
为了那山中老翁
Yes I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
是的，我会的，我会问那老翁
I ain't got no Sunday shoes
我并没有体面的鞋子
That I can wear to town
让我可以穿去镇上
Papa reckon the boss has got
爸爸，计算着收支
A pair of hand-me-downs
为一双体面的鞋子
I'll go and ask the man
我会过去问那老翁
In the house on the hill
在那山间隐舍之中
Yes I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
是的，我回去问那老翁
Maybe he will help us
也许他会帮帮我们
Maybe we'll get by
也许我们会挺过这段日子
But who's gonna pay the dyin' bills
但是谁会来为我们买单呢
If we all should die
我们终将逝去
We'll leave it to the man
我们会把他留给那老翁
In the sky when we die
我们将消失于苍穹
Yes we'll leave it to the man in the sky
是的，我们要把它留给那云端之上的老翁
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