Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry 现在，我教的垂柳怎么哭

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky 而且我发现云如何掩盖湛蓝的天空

And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River 而且，我哭了那个女人的眼泪，因为我的洪水，你大河

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die 然后，我会坐在这里，直到我死

   

I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota) 我见到她无意中在圣保罗（明尼苏达州）

And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern Drawl 它撕毁了我内心的每一次​​一次听到她的拉长，拉长南

Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport 然后，我听到了我的梦想是回到下游cavortin “达文波特

And I followed you, Big River, when you called 我跟着你，大河，当你打电话

   

Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river) 然后，你带我去圣路易斯以后（猪仔）

A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone 货轮说，她一直在这里，但她走了，男孩，她走了

I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff 我发现她的踪迹在孟菲斯，但她只是走到虚张声势

She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone 她提出了一些眉毛，然后她继续独自下跌

   

Well I pulled into Natchez next day down the river 嗯，我被拉进纳奇兹第二天顺流而下

But there wasn't that much to make a rounder stay very long 但没有那么多作圆呆很长时间

But when I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry 但是，当我离开​​它RAININ “所以没有人看到我哭了

Big River why you doin' me this way 大河为什么你干什么我这样

   

Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, Roll it on 现在，你就不能连击下降了巴吞鲁日，女王河，滚它

Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans 就拿那个女人上了新奥尔良，新奥尔良

Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf 来吧，我已经受够了，我倾倒下来的布鲁斯在海湾

She loves you, Big River, more than me 她爱你，大河，比我多