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As far back as I can remember 早在我的记忆

I either had a plow or hoe 或者我得犁或锄

One of those 'ole nine foot sacs 其中的一个“ OLE九脚囊

Standing at the old turn row 站在老翻行

   

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Down in Mississippi 倒在密西西比州

Down in Mississippi 倒在密西西比州

Down in Mississippi where I was born 倒在密西西比州我出生的地方

Down in Mississippi where I come from 倒在密西西比州我来自哪里

   

[Verse 2:] [诗2： ]

They had a hunting season on the rabbit 他们有一个狩猎季节的兔子

If you shoot em you went to jail 如果你拍他们你去坐牢

Season was a always open on me 赛季是一个永远开放在我身上

Nobody needed no band 没有人不需要带

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse 3:] [诗歌3 ： ]

I remember, I use to walk down that gravel road, walking with my grandma, 我记得，我用走的石子路，走了我的奶奶，

Mississippi sun, beaming down 密西西比太阳，喜气洋洋跌

I went to get some water 我去弄点水

   

My grandma said, young 'un you can't drink that water, she said you drink from that fountain over there, heha 奶奶说，年轻的“联合国不能喝的水，她说你从喷泉那边喝酒， HEHA

And that fountain had a sign 和喷泉有一个标志

Said "for colored only" 说： “只有有色”

I was so glad I had my grandma and my papa, a huh, and I won't leave you out grandpa 我很高兴我有我的奶奶和我爸爸一个吧，我不会离开你了爷爷

My grandpa was so pround of me ya'll 我的爷爷是那么骄傲的我使你们

I went down in forest Mississippi one time na, 我林密西西比去了一次呐，

Didn't know no better, but I intergrated, a 不知道有没有更好的，但我综合型中，

Washeteria Washeteria

He was telling everybody, my grandbaby mavis, she went up to washeteria and washed some clothes, and all the black ladies followed her on up in there, I'm proud of my grandbaby, 他告诉大家，我grandbaby范晓萱，她走到washeteria洗几件衣服，和所有的黑人女士随后她在那里，我为我的grandbaby感到自豪，

I saw many more of those signs as I lived in Mississippi, 我看到了更多的这些迹象，因为我住在密西西比州，

I'm so glad I can say that I saw every one of those signs, Dr. King saw that every one of those signs was taken down, down in Mississippi 我很高兴我可以说，我看到每个人的这些迹象，金博士看到，每一个这些迹象被取下来，倒在密西西比

   

[Chorus] [合唱]