She would meet me in the mornin', on my way down to the river 她会满足我的清晨，我一路下跌到河

Waitin' patient by the Chinaberry tree 一直等着病人的苦楝树

With her feet already dusty, from the pathway to the levee 随着她的脚已经尘封，从通路到大堤

And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees 和她的小蓝色牛仔裤卷起她的膝盖

   

I'd pay her no attention, as she tagged along beside me 我会付给她没有注意，因为她的标签地在我身边

Tryin' hard to copy everything I did 试着难以复制的我所做的一切

But I couldn't keep from smilin', when I'd hear somebody sayin' 但我不能让从微笑 ，当我听到有人说

Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid 听我说那边有云乔迪和孩子

   

Even after we grew older, we could still be seen together 即使我们长大了，我们仍然可以看到在一起

As we walked along the levee holdin' hands 当我们沿着大堤牵着手走

For as surely as the seasons, she was changin' to a woman 对于以一定的季节，她起了变化“女人

And I'd lived enough to call myself a man 和我住够称自己一个人

   

And she often lay beside me, in the coolness of the evenin' 她经常在我的身边躺着，在evenin 的凉意

Till the morning sun was shinin' on my bed 直到清晨的阳光在我的床上照耀

And at times when she was sleepin', I would smile when I'd remember 而有时，当她睡，我会微笑，当我还记得

How they use to call us Jody and the kid 他们是如何使用来电垂询乔迪和孩子

   

Now the world's a little older, and the years have changed the river 现在世界上有洁癖，而且这些年来已经改变了河流

'Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be 因为有房子在那里，他们没有曾经是

And on Sundays I go walkin', down the pathway to the levee 而在星期天我去走着 ，顺着通道向大堤

With another little girl who follows me 另一个小女孩谁跟在我后面

   

And it makes the old folks smile, to see her tag along beside me 这让老人们的笑容，看到她尾随在我身边

Doin' little things the way her mama did 上来的小事情她妈妈做的方式

But it gets a little lonesome, when I hear somebody sayin' 但它变得有点寂寞，当我听到有人说

Looky yonder, there goes Jody, and the kid 听我说那边，那还有乔迪和孩子