At first Mom and Poppa called the little girl a lady 起初，妈妈和波帕称小女孩的女士

They raised her on the banks of a river bed 他们提出了她对河床的银行

   

A house boat tied to a big tall tree 房子的船绑在高高大大的树

A home for my poppa and my momma and me 一个家，我的波帕和我的妈妈和我

   

The clock strikes three Poppa jumps to his fee 钟敲响3波帕跳到他的费

Already Moma's cookin' Poppa somethin' to eat 已经MoMA的乱打“波帕事端吃

At half past Poppa he's a ready to go, he jumps in 在过去的半年波帕他是一个蓄势待发，他在跳

his pirogue headed down the bayou 他的独木舟领导下河口

   

He's got fishin' line strung across the 'Lousiana River 他有钓鱼“线穿过串起”路易斯安那河

Got to catch a big fish for us to eat 一定要钓大鱼给我们吃

He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can 他设置搜索“他的陷阱捉”什么，他可以

Gotta make a livin' he's a 'Lousiana man, gotta make a livin' he's a 'Lousiana man 总得做一个活着的，他是一个“路易斯安那人，总得做一个活着的，他是一个”路易斯安那人

   

Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen, even got a little bitty muskrat cousin 麝鼠的十几隐藏犹豫不决，甚至有点小小的麝鼠表弟

Got 'em out dryin' in the hot hot sun, tomorrow Poppa's gone turn em into money 有时间了dryin “在炎热的烈日下，明天波帕不见了把EM变成钱

   

They call Moma Rita and my Daddy Jack, my little baby 他们叫莫马丽塔和我爸爸杰克，我的小宝贝

brother on the floor that's Mac, Rhett and Lynn are the 弟弟在地板上那是苹果，瑞德和熊黛林是

family twins, big brother Eddie's on the bayou fishin' 家庭的双胞胎，哥哥Eddie的对河口钓鱼“

   

On the river floats Poppa's great big boat 在河上漂浮波帕的大好大的船

That's how me and Poppa get in to town 这是我和波帕如何获得在城里

It takes every bit of a night and day to even reach a place where the people stay 它需要一个白天和黑夜的每一位，即使到达一个地方，那里的人们留

   

Oh I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around 哦，我几乎不能等到明天恶有恶报

That's the day my Poppa takes the furs to town 这是我的波帕取皮草城里的日子

Poppa done promised me that I could go 波帕做过答应我，我可以走

He'd even let me see a cowboy show 他甚至让我看到一个牛仔秀

   

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then 我看到牛仔和印第安人第一次那么

I told my Poppa "gotta go again" but Poppa says 我告诉我的波帕“宝贝再来一次”，但波帕说：

"Hon we got lines to run, we'll have to come again, cause theres work to be done" “汉我们得到线运行，我们必须再来，安排作出孤单的工作”

   

He's got fishin' line strung across the 'Lousiana River 他有钓鱼“线穿过串起”路易斯安那河

Got a catch a big fish for us to eat 有一个钓大鱼给我们吃

He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can 他设置搜索“他的陷阱捉”什么，他可以

Gotta make a livin' he's a' Lousiana man 总得做一个活着的，他是一个“路易斯安那人

Gotta make a livin' he's a' Lousiana man-an 总得做一个活着的，他是一个“路易斯安那人安

   

Poppa done promised me that I could go 波帕做过答应我，我可以走

He'd even let me see the cowboy show 他甚至让我看到了牛仔秀

   

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then 我看到牛仔和印第安人第一次那么

I told my Poppa "Gotta go again" but Poppa said 我告诉我的波帕“我得再去”，但波帕说：

"Hon, we got lines to run, we'll have to come again cause theres work to be done" “汉，我们得到线运行，我们不得不再来安排作出孤单的工作”