They come down from Washington City 他们下来从华盛顿市

To our Blue Ridge Mountain home 我们的蓝岭山的家

And across that crooked river 而对面那弯曲的河

To the valley down below 到楼下的山谷

   

I was swimmin' in that water 我在水中泳装“

When they came up to the shore 当他们走到岸边

Sayin' sorry son this won't be 说对不起儿子这不会是

Dry land here anymore 旱地这里了

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Yes and my home town 是的，我的家乡

Is a half mile down 有半英里下降

It's a half mile o' water 这是一个半英里O水

All around, all around 周围的一切，都围绕着

My home town is a half mile down 我的家乡是一个半英里下降

   

First they started their surveyin' 首先，他们开始了他们的surveyin “

And makin' up their plans 与金了他们的计划

To flood that peaceful valley 洪水，和平山谷

Just to build Watauga dam 刚建沃托加坝

Oh they brought in their bulldozers 哦，他们带来了他们的推土机

And pushed our homes away 并推动我们的家园走

And they handed me a shovel 他们递给我一把铁锹

And sixty cents a day 和每天60美分

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Singin' my home town 歌唱我的家乡

Is a half mile down 有半英里下降

It's a half mile o' water 这是一个半英里O水

All around, all around 周围的一切，都围绕着

My home town is a half mile down 我的家乡是一个半英里下降

   

So they stripped out all the timber 因此，他们剥夺了所有的木材

And they leveled all the land 他们铲平所有的土地

And they drilled and dynamited 他们钻和炸毁

'til they blew the mountains in “直到他们吹响了山

I tore down my old homeplace 我撕掉了我的老生日

And I dug up Daddy's grave 我挖出了爸爸的坟墓

And I relocated Momma to 14 miles away 我和妈妈搬迁到14英里远

   

Now I look down on the water 现在，我看不起水

That rose up on that day 这涨起来的那一天

By the banks of the old Watauga 由老沃托加的银行

Where I once used to play 在那里我曾经用来玩

   

Yes I look out on that water 是的，我看的出来的水

Where they made their big mistake 在那里，他们提出了大错

And covered up our hometown 并掩盖了我们的家乡

'neath the godforsaken lake 照耀下的荒凉湖

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Singin' my home town 歌唱我的家乡

Is a half mile down 有半英里下降

It's a half mile of water 这是水有半英里

All around, all around 周围的一切，都围绕着

My home town 我的家乡

Is a half mile down 有半英里下降

It's a half mile of water 这是水有半英里

All around, all around 周围的一切，都围绕着

My home town is a half mile down 我的家乡是一个半英里下降