Grandpa wore his suit to dinner 爷爷穿着他的西装赴宴

Nearly every day 几乎每一天

No particular reason 没有特别的原因

He just dressed that way 他只是穿着这种方式

Brown necktie and a matching vest 棕色领带和马甲搭配

And both his wingtip shoes 和他的两个翼尖鞋

He built a closet on our back porch 他建立了一个衣柜我家的后院

And put a penny in a burned out fuse. 并投入一分钱的烧坏保险丝。

   

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Grandpa was a carpenter 爷爷是个木匠

He built houses stores and banks 他建造房屋的商店和银行

Chain smoked Camel cigarettes 链抽骆驼牌香烟

And hammered nails in planks 而在木板锤钉

He was level on the level 他的水平上水平

And shaved even every door 剃甚至每门

And voted for Eisenhower 而投票支持艾森豪威尔

'Cause Lincoln won the war. “原因林肯赢得了这场战争。

   

Well, he used to sing me 好了，他用唱我

"Blood on the Saddle" “血的马鞍”

And rock me on his knee 和摇滚我对他的膝盖

And let me listen to radio 让我听收音机

Before we got TV 之前我们有电视

Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday 那么，他会开车去教堂礼拜

And take me with him too! 并带我一起去了！

Stained glass in every window 彩绘玻璃在每个窗口

Hearing aids in every pew. 助听器在每一个长椅。

   

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Now my grandma was a teacher 现在，我的祖母是一名教师

Went to school in Bowling Green 去学校的鲍灵格林

Traded in a milking cow 交易在奶牛挤奶

For a Singer sewing machine 对于一个歌手缝纫机

She called her husband "Mister" 她叫她的丈夫“先生”

And walked real tall and pride 走真正的高大和自豪

And used to buy me comic books 并用给我买漫画书

After grandpa died. 之后爷爷去世了。

   

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