I was riding on the Mayflower 我乘着五月花

When I thought I spied some land 当我以为我窥探一些土地

I yelled for Captain Arab 我大喊了阿拉伯船长

I have yuh understand 我明白裕

Who came running to the deck 谁跑来甲板

Said, "Boys, forget the whale 他说：“孩子们，忘记了鲸鱼

Look on over yonder 你看在那边过

Cut the engines 切引擎

Change the sail 改变帆

Haul on the bowline" 拖拉上布林“

We sang that melody 我们唱的旋律

Like all tough sailors do 像所有的强硬做水手

When they are far away at sea. 当他们远在海上。

   

"I think I'll call it America" “我想我会打电话给它的美国”

I said as we hit the land 我说，因为我们打地

I took a deep breath 我深吸了一口气

I fell down, I could not stand 我倒下，我无法忍受

Captain Arab he started 队长阿他开始

Writing up some deeds 写了一些事迹

He said, "Let's set up a fort 他说， “我们建立了一个堡垒

And start buying the place with beads" 并开始购买地点珠“

Just then this cop comes down the street 就在这时，这个警察归结街道

Crazy as a loon 神智不清的疯子

He throw us all in jail 他把我们都在监狱里

For carryin' harpoons. 对于半途而废“鱼叉。

   

Ah me I busted out 啊我，我出局

Don't even ask me how 不要问我怎么

I went to get some help 我去得到一些帮助

I walked by a Guernsey cow 我走过由格恩西奶牛

Who directed me down 谁导演我失望

To the Bowery slums 到包厘街贫民窟

Where people carried signs around 人们随身携带的迹象

Saying, "Ban the bums" 他说， “潘基文的流浪汉”

I jumped right into line 我跳右转入行

Sayin' "I hope that I'm not late" 在说“ ”我希望我没有迟到“

When I realized I hadn't eaten 当我意识到我没有吃

For five days straight. 五天连胜。

   

I went into a restaurant 我走进一间餐厅

Lookin' for the cook 追寻的厨师

I told him I was the editor 我告诉他我是编辑

Of a famous etiquette book 著名的礼仪书

The waitress he was handsome 女服务员，他英俊

He wore a powder blue cape 他穿着一件粉蓝色斗篷

I ordered some suzette, I said 我点了一些叙泽特，我说

"Could you please make that crepe" “你能做出绉”

Just then the whole kitchen exploded 就在这时，整个厨房爆炸

From boillin' fat 从boillin “脂肪

Food was flying anywhere 食品在任何地方被飞

And I left without my had. 我没有离开我了。

   

Now, I didn't mean to be nosy 现在，我不是故意要多管闲事

But I went into a bank 不过，我走进一家银行

To get some bail for Arab 为了获得保释的一些阿拉伯

And all the boys back in the tank 和所有的男孩回到油箱

They asked me for some collateral 他们问我一些抵押品

And I pulled down my pants 我拉下我的裤子

They threw me in the alley 他们把我扔在巷子里

When up comes this girl from France 当谈到了这个女孩来自法国

Who invited me to her house 谁邀请我去她家

I went, but she had a friend 我去了，但她有个朋友

Who knocked me out 谁把我打晕了

And robbed my boots 并抢了我的靴子

And I was on the street again. 我是在大街上了。

   

Well, I rapped upon a house 好了，我厉声对房子

With the US flag upon display 随着美国国旗在显示器

I said, "Could you help me out 我说，“你能不能帮我出

I got some friends down the way 我有一些朋友一路下跌

" The man says, "Get out of here “那人说：”快滚

I'll tear you limp from limb" 我就撕你的肢体瘫软“

I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too" 我说，“你知道他们拒绝耶稣，太”

He said, "You're not Him 他说， “你不是他

Get out of here before I break your bones 离开这里之前，我打断你的骨头

I ain't your pop" 我是不是你的流行“

I decided to have him arrested 我决定把他拘捕

And I went lookin for a cop. 和我去追寻一个警察。

   

I ran right outside 我说得对不对外面跑

And I hopped inside a cab 我跳上一辆出租车内

I went out the other door 我去了另一扇门

This Englishman said, "Fab" 这个英国人说， “晶圆厂”

As he saw me leap a hot dog stand 当他看到我飞跃热狗的立场

And a chariot that stood 和战车，旁边站着

Parked across from a building 从建筑物对面停着

Advertising brotherhood 兄弟广告

I ran right through the front door 我在前门跑右

Like a hobo sailor does 就像一个流浪汉做水手

But it was just a funeral parlor 但是，这只是一个殡仪馆

And the man asked me who I was. 那人问我，我是谁。

   

I repeated that my friends 我又说了一遍，我的朋友们

Where all in jail, with a sigh 凡所有在监狱里，叹了口气

He gave me his card 他给了我他的名片

He said, "Call me if they die" 他说：“给我打电话，如果他们死了”

I shook his hand and said goodbye 我摇摇手说再见

Ran out to the street 跑出去到街上

When a bowling ball came down the road 当保龄球下来的路

And knocked me off my feet 并把我撞倒了我的脚

A pay phone was ringing 一种按效果付费的手机响了

It just about blew my mind 它只是吹了我的心

When I picked it up and said hello 当我把它捡起来，并说你好

This foot came through the line. 通过此行脚来了。

   

Well, by this time I was feed up 好了，这个时候，我喂了

At tryin'g to make a stab 在trying做一个刺

At bringin' back any help 在bringin 回任何帮助

For my friends and captain Arab 对于我的朋友们和队长阿

I decided to flip a coin 我决定抛硬币

Like either heads or tails 像任何正面或反面

Would let me know if I should go 将让我知道我是否应该去

Back to the ship or back to jail 回到船上，或回到监狱

So I hooked my sailor suit 所以，我勾住我的水手服

And I got a coin to flip 我有一个硬币翻转

It came up tails 它想出了尾巴

It rhymed with sails 它押韵与帆

So I made it back to the ship. 所以我把它回到船上。

   

Well, I got back and took 嗯，我回来了，把

The parkin' ticket off the mast 帕金票了桅杆

I was ripping it to shreds 我被它撕得粉碎

When this coastguard boat went past 当海岸警卫队船只走过

They asked me my name 他们问我，我的名字

And I said, "Captain Kidd" 我说， “基德船长”

They believed me but 他们相信我，但

They wanted to know 他们想知道

What exactly that I did 究竟我做

I said for the Pope of Eruke 我说的Eruke教皇

I was employed 曾受雇于

They let me go right away 他们让我马上去

They were very paranoid. 他们非常偏执。

   

Well, the last I heard of Arab 好了，最后我听到阿

He was stuck on a whale 他被困在鲸鱼

That was married to the deputy 那嫁给了副

Sheriff of the jail 监狱的警长

But the funniest thing was 但最有趣的事情是

When I was leavin' the bay 当我要走了海湾

I saw three ships a-sailin' 只见3艘，赛林“

There were all heading my way 里面全都往我的方式

I asked the captain what his name was 我问队长叫什么名字

And how come he didn't drive a truck 又是如何得出他没有驾驶卡车

He said his name was Columbus 他说，他的名字是哥伦布

I just said, "Good luck". 我只是说， “祝你好运” 。