At first mom and papa called their little boy Ned 起初，妈妈和爸爸称他们的小男孩斯内德

They raise him on the banks of the river bed 他们叫他在河床上的银行

A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home for my papa and my mama and me 绑在高高大大的树的家我的爸爸，我的妈妈和我这样的船屋

The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet 钟敲响3爸爸跳到他的脚

Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat 已妈妈的乱打爸爸事端吃

At half past papa he's ready to go he jumps in his piro headed down the bayou 在过去半年的爸爸，他准备去跳，他在他的毗卢领导下河口

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River 他得到了整个路易斯安那州河串起钓鱼“线

Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat 总得钓大鱼给我们吃

Headin' crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can 航向“作物在沼泽地捉”一切都很 ，他可以

Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man 总得做一个活着的，他是路易斯安那州人总得做一个活着的，他是路易斯安那州人

Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen even got a lady make a muskart's cousin Muskart隐藏着犹豫不决，由十几甚至有一位女士做muskart的表弟

Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon 皮干燥，在热得发烫的太阳明天爸爸的要堆把它们变成星期一

   

Well they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack 以及他们所谓的妈妈丽塔和我的爸爸杰克

A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac 一个小宝宝的哥哥在地板上的的MAC

Riz and Liz are the family twins big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin' 里兹和Liz是家庭的双胞胎哥哥Ed的对河口钓鱼“

On the river float papa's great big boat that's how my papa goes into town 在河上漂浮爸爸的伟大的大船上那我怎么爸爸进城

He takes every bit of the night and day 他把黑夜和白天的每一位

Then ever reach the place where the people stay 越看越到达那里的人们留下的地方

I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around 我几乎不能等到明天恶有恶报

That's the day my papa takes his fure to town 那是我爸爸把他的fure城里的日子

Papa promised me that I could go even let me see a cowboy show 爸爸答应我，我可以去，甚至让我看到一个牛仔秀

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then I told my papa gotta go again 我看到牛仔和印第安人第一次，然后我告诉我爸爸得着呢

Papa said son we got the lines to run we'll come back again there's work to be done 爸爸说：儿子，我们得到了线运行，我们会再回来有工作要做

He's got fishin' lines... 他有钓鱼“线...