Mama was cookin' bread 妈妈是乱打面包

She wore a dirty raggedy scarf around her head 她戴在她的头上肮脏褴褛的围巾

Always had her stockings low 总有她的丝袜低

Rolled to her feet just didn't know 滚到她的脚只是不知道

She wore a sloppy dress 她穿着一件邋遢的衣服

Oh no matter how she tried she always looked a mess 哦，不管她怎么努力，她总是显得一团糟

Out of the pot she ate 出锅她吃

Never used a fork or a dinner plate 千万不要用叉子或餐盘

I was always so afraid that 我总是那么害怕

The uptown friends would see her 住宅区的朋友会看到她

Afraid one day when I was grown 当我长大恐怕1天

That I would be her 我会是她的

In college town away from here 在大学城离这里

A new identity I found 一个新的身份，我发现

That I was born elite 我出生精英

With maids and servants at my feet 与女佣和仆人在我的脚下

I must have been insane 我一定是疯了

I lied and said mama died on a weekend trip to Spain 我撒谎了，说妈妈在周末前往西班牙去世

She never got out of the house 她从来没有出家门

Never even boarded a train 甚至从来没有登上一列火车

Married a guy, was living high 嫁给​​一个人，住高

   

I didn't want him to know her 我不想让他知道她

she had a grandson two years old 她有一个孙子两岁

That I never even showed her 我从来没有给她看

I'm living in shame 我生活在耻辱

Mama, I miss you 妈妈，我好想你

I know you're not to blame 我知道你不会怪

Mama, I miss you 妈妈，我好想你

   

Got a telegram 得到了一个电报

Mama passed away while making home made jam 妈妈去世了，同时使自制果酱

before she died she cried to see me by her side 她去世前，她哭了，看我在她身边

She always did her best 她总是使出浑身解数

Ah cooked and cleaned and always in the same old dress 在老熟装扮阿和清理，总是

Working hard, down on her knees 努力工作，倒在她的膝盖

Always trying to please 总想讨好

Mama, mama, mama can you hear me 妈妈，妈妈，妈妈你能听到我

Mama, mama, mama can you hear me 妈妈，妈妈，妈妈你能听到我

I'm living in shame 我生活在耻辱

Mama, I miss you 妈妈，我好想你

I know you've done your best 我知道你做你最好的

Mama, I miss you 妈妈，我好想你

Won't you forgive me mama 你会不会原谅我的妈妈

For all the wrong I've done 对于所有的错误我已经做了

I know you've done your best 我知道你做你最好的

Oh I know you've done the very best you could 哦，我知道你做的最好的，你可以

Mama I thought you understood 妈妈我想你明白

Working hard, down on your knees 努力工作，跪在地上