After a while we took in the clothes 过了一会儿，我们采取了在衣服上

Nobody said very much 没有人说很

Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants 只是一些老野衬衫和一对夫妇对裤子

Which nobody really wanted to touch 是没有人真的想接触

Mama come in and picked up a book 妈妈进来，拿起了一本书

An' Papa asked her what it was 一个“爸爸问她是什么东西

Someone else asked, "What do you care?" 别人问他：“你有什么关心？ ”

Papa said, "Well, just because?" 爸爸说：“嗯，只是因为？ ”

Then they started to take back their clothes 然后，他们开始收回他们的衣服

Hang'em on the line Hangem上线

It was January the thirtieth 这是一月三十

And everybody was feelin' fine. 而且每个人都感觉罚款。

   

The next day, everybody got up 第二天，大家都站了起来

Seein' if the clothes were dry 看见的“Daddy ，如果衣服是干的

The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed 该犬狂吠，邻居通过

Mama, of cource, she said, "Hi" 五言的妈妈，她说， “嗨”

"Have you heard the news?" he said with a grin “你听说了吗？ ”他笑着说：

"The Vice President's gone mad" “副总统已经疯了”

"Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night" “在哪里？ ” “市中心”。 “什么时候？ ” “昨夜”

"Hmm, say, that's too bad" “嗯，说，这太糟糕了”

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it," said the neighbor “嗯，有，我们可以做些什么， ”邻居说

"It's just something we're gonna have to forget" “这只是一些我们得忘掉”

"Yes, I guess so" said Ma “是的，我想是这样说：”马

Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet. 然后她问我，衣服还是湿的。

   

I reached up, touched my shirt 我到达了，触动了我的衬衫

And the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?" 和邻居说， “都是那些衣服你的吗？ ”

I said, "Some of them, not all of them" 我说，“他们中的一些，不是所有的人”

He said, "Ya always help out around here with the chores ?" 他说， “雅一直帮忙在这里的琐事？ ”

I said, "Sometime, not all the time" 我说：“有时候，不是所有的时间”

Then my neighbor he blew his nose 然后，我的邻居他吹他的鼻子

Just as papa yelled outside 正如爸爸大叫之外

"Mama wants you to come back in the house and bring them clothes" “妈妈希望你回来的房子，并把他们的衣服”

Well, I just do what I'm told so I did it, of course 好吧，我只是做我听说，当然，所以我做到了，

I went back in the house and Mama met me 我回到了家，妈妈见到我

And then I shut all the doors. 然后我关闭所有的门。