The first things I remember are frosty Carolina mornings with a cheery fire 我记得的第一件事情是寒冷的早晨，北卡罗来纳州有一个愉快的火

crackling in my mommas big black wood cook stove. 噼里啪啦的在我的mommas大黑木煮炉。

   

I remember snow flakes as big as goose feathers and the moon the color of new 我记得雪花大如鹅毛，月亮的新颜色

made country butter and a night sky like diamonds against black velvet reaching 取得国家黄油和夜空像钻石对黑色天鹅绒深远

from horizon to horizon. 从地平线到地平线。

   

I remember when the biggest problems in my barefoot life were sand spurs and 我记得当我赤脚一生中最大的问题是沙子和马刺

red ant hills. 红火蚁山上。

   

I remember sitting with my grand-daddy on the front porch and watching the last 我记得我在前面门廊坐在我盛大的爸爸，看最后

of that magnificent southern sun bleed away into the twilight sky. 那宏伟的南太阳出血消失在暮色。

   

I remember Sunday school and kneeling at the cross and trying to imagine what 我记得主日学校，并跪在十字架上，并试图想象

God looked like; Sunday dinner, short pants, hair cuts and a little puppy my 神模样;周日的晚餐，短裤，头发削减和一只小狗我

daddy brought home to me and I remember love. 爸爸带回来给我，我记得爱。

   

I remember steam puffing, fire breathing, awesome 10 wheel locomotives and the 我记得喷着蒸汽，喷火，真棒10轮机车和

conductor's watch looked as big as one of my grandmothers biscuits. 导体的手表看起来一样大，我的祖母饼干之一。

   

I remember my mother smiling in a red and white checkered dress and Christmas 我记得母亲微笑着红色和白色格仔裙和圣诞节

always seemed so far away. Yes, I remember you Carolina, grand old lady of the 似乎总是那么遥远。是的，我记得你卡罗莱纳州的宏伟老太太

south. I remember you as home. 南部。我记得你的家。

   

One of the memories that stays on my mind 其中一个是留在我心中的记忆

about an old southern lady that I left behind, 关于一个老南小姐，我留下来，

is a ramshackle bridge where the deep river winds 是一个摇摇欲坠的桥，其中深溪，蜿蜒

and an old two-lane blacktop through the tall long-leaf pines. 并通过颀长叶松树老两车道的柏油路。

   

Carolina, Carolina 卡罗来纳州，北卡罗来纳州

You're hard, but you're hard to forget. 你辛苦，但你很难忘记。

   

I still remember the magnolia nights 我还记得木兰之夜

and goosefeather snow flakes in the gray morning light; 和goosefeather雪花灰色的晨光;

sandspurs and puppies and red autumn leaves sandspurs和小狗和红色的秋叶

and the warm lights in the clear night on a cold Christmas Eve. 而在寒冷的圣诞夜晴朗的夜晚温暖的灯光。

   

Carolina, Carolina 卡罗来纳州，北卡罗来纳州

You're hard, but you're hard to forget. 你辛苦，但你很难忘记。

   

Carolina I knew you 卡罗莱纳我知道你

before the highways got to you 前公路有你

and I loved you as one of your own 我爱你是你自己的

and I still do 我还有事

   

Carolina, Carolina 卡罗来纳州，北卡罗来纳州

You're hard, but you're hard to forget 你辛苦，但你很难忘记

You're hard To Forget 你难以忘记