We got up before sunup to get the work done up 我们起身日出到完成工作之前备份

We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down 我们会下地干活，直到太阳已经落山

We've stood and we've cried as we helplessly watched 我们已经站起来，我们哭了，我们无奈地看着

A hailstorm a beatin' our crops to the ground 冰雹à beatin “我们的庄稼地

And I've gone to bed hungry many nights as a lad 我已经上床睡觉饿了无数个夜晚的小伙子

In the good old days when times were bad. 在过去的好时光年景坏的时候。

   

I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed 我已经看到了爸爸的手破开和流血

And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board 我见过他的工作，直到他僵硬的板

I've seen mama lay and suffer in sickness 我看到妈妈莱和遭受疾病

In need of a doctor we couldn't afford 有需要的，我们买不起医生

Anything at all was more than we had 任何事情超过了我们有

In the good old days when times were bad. 在过去的好时光年景坏的时候。

   

No amount of money could buy from me 再多的钱可以买从我

The mem'ries that I have of them 我有他们的memries

No amount of money could pay me 再多的钱也付了我

To go back and live through it again. 回去再活过它。

   

We've got up before we found ice on the floor 我们已经得到了我们才发现冰在地板上

Where the wind would blew snow through the cracks in the wall 那里的风会从墙上的裂缝吹雪

And I've walked many miles to an old country school 我已经走了几英里到一座古老的乡村学校

With my luch in a bag of my overalls 跟我在一个袋子我的工作服卢奇弗拉迪

Anything at all was more than we had 任何事情超过了我们有

In the good old days when times were bad. 在过去的好时光年景坏的时候。

   

No amount of money could buy from me 再多的钱可以买从我

The mem'ries that I have of them 我有他们的memries

No amount of money could pay me 再多的钱也付了我

To go back and live through it again... 回去再活过吧...