[Nelson, 1st line; Kristofferson, 2nd line; Jennings, 3rd line; Cash 4th line] [尼尔森， 1号线;克里斯托弗森， 2号线;詹宁斯， 3号线;现金4号线]

I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry 我教的weepin “柳叶怎么哭，哭，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 I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, big river 我哭了那个女人的眼泪，因为我的洪水你，大河网

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

   

[Willie Nelson] [威利·纳尔逊]

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 every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl 而且我每次听到她拉长的时间撕碎了我，南部拉长

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

And I followed you, big river, when she called. 我跟着你，大河网，当她打电话。

   

[Kris Kristofferson] [克里斯克里斯托弗森]

Oh she took me to St. Louis later on, down the river 哦，她带我去圣路易斯以后，顺流而下

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”

And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. 而且我发现她在孟菲斯的踪迹，但她只是走到块。

Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone. 提出了一些眉毛，接着下来一个人。

   

[Waylon Jennings] [韦伦·詹宁斯]

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

But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long. 但没有太多有使圆场呆很长时间。

When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry. 当我离开它RAININ “所以没有人看到我哭。

Big river, why she doin' me this way? 大河网，为什么她干什么我这样？

   

[Johnny Cash, lead and all the others, harmony] [约翰尼·卡什，铅和所有其它的，和谐]

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，滚上

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 她是爱你的，大的河流，比我多

   

[Nelson, 1st line; Kristofferson, 2nd line; Jennings, 3rd line; Cash 4th line] [尼尔森， 1号线;克里斯托弗森， 2号线;詹宁斯， 3号线;现金4号线]

I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry 我教的weepin “柳叶怎么哭，哭，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 I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, big river 我哭了那个女人的眼泪，因为我的洪水你，大河网

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