Ode To Billy Joe歌词由Ladies Country Band演唱,出自专辑《Country Ladies Tributo, Vol. 2》,下面是《Ode To Billy Joe》完整版歌词!
Ode To Billy Joe歌词完整版
Ode To Billy Joe(Complete version originally performed by Bobby Gentry) - Various Artists (欧美群星)
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It was the third of June
那是六月三日
Another sleepy dusty delta day
又是一个昏昏欲睡布满灰尘的Delta日子
I was out choppin' cotton
我在外面砍棉花
And my brother was balin' hay
我的兄弟在打包干草
And at dinner time we stopped
晚餐时间我们停下脚步
And walked back to the house to eat
走回家里吃饭
And Mama hollered out the back door
妈妈从后门大喊
"Y'all remember to wipe your feet"
你们都记得把脚擦干净
And then she said
然后她说
"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
我今早从乔克托山脊得到消息
Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
今天比莉·乔·麦卡利斯特从塔拉哈奇大桥跳下
Papa said to Mama
爸爸对妈妈说
As he passed around the black-eyed peas
当他经过黑眼豆豆
"Well Billie Joe never had a lick o' sense
Pass the biscuits please
请把饼干递给我
There's five more acres in the lower forty
下城区还有五英亩地
I've got to plow"
我得努力拼搏
And Mama said it was a shame about
妈妈说这是一种遗憾
Billie Joe anyhow
比莉·乔
Seems like nothin' ever comes to
似乎什么都没有发生
No good up on Choctaw Ridge
乔克托山脊的情况不乐观
And now Billie Joe McAllister's
现在比莉·乔·麦卡利斯特
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
从塔拉哈奇大桥上跳下来
Brother said he recollected
兄弟说他记得
When he and Tom and Billie Joe
当他和汤姆还有比莉·乔
Put a frog down my back
把青蛙放在我的背上
At the Carroll County picture show
在卡罗尔县的画展上
And wasn't I talkin' to him
我不是在和他说话吗
After church last Sunday night
上周日晚上做完礼拜
I'll have another piece of apple pie
我要再来一块苹果派
You know it don't seem right
你知道这似乎不对
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
我昨天在乔克托山脊的锯木厂看到他了
And now you tell me
现在你告诉我
Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
比莉·乔从塔拉哈奇大桥上跳下来了
Mama said to me
妈妈对我说
"Child what's happened to your appetite
孩子你的胃口怎么了
I been cookin' all mornin'
我一早上都在做饭
And you haven't touched single bite
你从未尝过一口
That nice young preacher
那个年轻有为的牧师
Brother Taylor dropped by today
Taylor兄弟今天来找我
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday
他说他很乐意周日共进晚餐
Oh by the way
顺便说一句
He said he saw a girl
他说他看见一个女孩
That looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge
ChoctowRidge上那个人看起来很像你
And she and Billie Joe was throwin'
她和BillieJoe尽情放纵
Somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
塔拉哈奇大桥上发生了什么事
A year has come and gone since
一年过去了
I heard the news 'bout Billie Joe
我听说了关于BillieJoe的消息
And brother married Becky Thompson
哥哥娶了贝奇·汤普森
They bought a store in Tupelo
他们在Tupelo买了一家商店
There was a virus goin' round
一种病毒四处蔓延
Papa caught it and he died last spring
爸爸染上这种病去年春天去世了
And now Mama doesn't seem to
现在妈妈似乎
Want to do much of anything
什么都想做
And me I spend a lot of time picking
而我我花了很多时间
Flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
乔克托山脊上鲜花遍地
And drop them into the muddy
把他们扔进泥淖里
Water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
塔拉哈奇大桥进水