Well I'm goin' down to the river 好了我要去到河边

I've got a canepole in my hand 我有在我的手canepole

I've got my redworms in a Maxwell house coffee can 我有我的redworms的麦斯威尔咖啡罐

I'm gonna sit under ashade tree on a riverbank where it's cool 我在ashade树河岸要坐在那里很凉爽

I'm gonna close my eyes and dream and let the cork Bob away my blues 我会闭上双眼，梦想，让软木塞鲍勃离开我的蓝调

   

Well I wake up every mornin' I pick peaches all day 嗯，我每天早上，我整天摘桃醒来

And on Saturday night we'll have a dance or two we might waller in the hay 而上周六晚，我们将有一个舞蹈或两个我们可能会在干草沃勒

Now the only thing that ever whipped my pa 现在，曾经鞭打我爸唯一

Was this bad dude called old age 被这个坏家伙叫老

And his last years was his best years 而他的最后岁月是他最好的年华

And this is what he had to say 这就是他说的话

   

He said boy I've worked this dirt all my life but things ain't been good for awhile 他说，孩子我一直在这条土我所有的生活，但事情没有得到很好的一段时间

Why don't you move to the city make a little money you might be the first one in 你为什么不搬到城里赚点钱，你可能是第一个在

The family ever to die with a smile 这个家庭曾经死带微笑

Well I took his advice things goin' well 好吧，我把他的建议的事情要去好

But my friends are far and few 但我的朋友们都远不及一些

But whoever said a city boy can't have the country blues 但是，谁说一个城市男孩不能有乡村蓝调

Whoever said a city boy can't have the country blues 谁说一个城市的孩子不能有乡村蓝调

Whoever said a city boy can't have the country blues 谁说一个城市的孩子不能有乡村蓝调

Well honey they ain't talked to me and you 以及蜂蜜，他们不跟我和你