I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by 我下楼到河边来观看鱼游

But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die, oh Lord 不过我到了河边很冷清，我想死，哦，上帝

And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry 然后我跳进河里，但该死的河是干的

She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue 她早就没了，现在我是蓝色的寂寞

   

I had me a woman who couldn't be true 我有我的女人谁也不可能是真的

She made me for my money and she made me blue 她让我为我的钱，她让我蓝

A man needs a woman that he can lean on 男人需要女人，他可以依靠

But my leanin' post is done left and gone 但我leanin “后做左，走了

She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue 她早就没了，现在我是蓝色的寂寞

   

I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice 我会找到我的一条河，一个是冷如冰

And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, oh Lord 当我发现我的河流，上帝，我会为此付出代价，主啊

I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin' up twice 我要去倒在了三遍，但主啊，我只是马上就要来了两次

She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue 她早就没了，现在我是蓝色的寂寞

   

She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out 她告诉我，上周日，她签我出去

Long about Monday she was nowhere about 长约周一她无处约

And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news 在这里，它是星期二，不是没有新闻

I got them gone but not forgotten blues 我让他们走了，但没有忘记蓝调

She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue 她早就没了，现在我是蓝色的寂寞