[Spoken] [口语]

Let me tell you about a song 让我告诉你一首歌

That was brought to me by a good friend of mine who's a good songwriter 这是给我带来了我的一个好朋友是谁是一个很好的词曲作者

And everytime he brings me a song I'm always willing to listen 而每次他把我的一首歌，我总是愿意听

But the story and the reasons for writing this song 但是故事和理由写这首歌

Were even more interesting to me than the song 甚至更有趣的比我的歌

The old friend and fella I'm speaking of is Tommy Collins 的老朋友，小伙子，我说的是汤米·柯林斯

Tommy told me about an experience he had when he was a minister 汤米告诉我的经验他时，他是一位牧师

Where he was called to preach a funeral for a man with no identity 在那里，他被称为宣讲葬礼的人，没有身份

Tommy said he never forgot the way he felt 张宇说，他从来没有忘记他觉得这样

Like here is a human being who someone must have loved at sometime 就像这里是谁的人一定是爱在某个时候一个人

And yet there was no one present to pay respect 然而，没有人在场瞻仰

Just a couple of grave diggers a funeral man and Tommy 只是一对夫妇的坟墓铲土机葬礼的男人和Tommy

Then the story switched to another thought bout during his last visit to Nashville 然后这个故事他上次访问纳什维尔期间转念又一想布特

He went down to listen to an ole street singer 于是，他听一个OLE流浪歌手

That he always made a point to go hear each time he was in town 他总是做了点去听听，每次他在城里

And it was then that Tommy discovered 而就在那时，汤米发现

That Jack Dupree the ole street singer had passed away 杰克杜普里的OLE流浪歌手已经去世

And Tommy said he wondered how many were present at Jack's funeral 和托米说，他不知道有多少人出席杰克的葬礼

And it was these two true to life incidents that inspired this song 而正是这两个真实的生活事件，启发这首歌

   

[Sang] [生]

I only saw five people when they buried Jack Dupree 我只看到五人时，他们被埋杰克·杜普里

Two diggers and the preacher the funeral man and me 两个挖掘机和牧师的葬礼男人和我

The pray was said and the hole was filled in less than half an hour 在祈祷中说，孔填充在不到半小时

And I said goodbye to the little man who picked the wildwood flower. 我告别了小男人谁捡到了天然林花。

   

For twenty years I'd seen him on the lower Nashville streets 二十年来，我看到他的下纳什维尔街头

They said he always earned enough to buy his clothes and eats 他们说，他总是赚不够买他的衣服和吃

He'd stop awhile and check his watch with the big clock on the tower 他会停止一段时间，并检查他的手表上塔的大钟

That's when I asked him once if he could pick the wildwood flower. 这时候，我曾经问他，如果他能挑怀尔德伍德花。

   

He always drew a crowd because he put on such a show 他总是吸引人群，因为他把这样的节目

He'd dance and sing and play and smile just like a polished pro 他会跳舞，唱歌，玩和微笑，就像一个抛光的亲

And everytime he saw me standin' in the crowd 而每次他看到我站在在人群中

I knew the tune that he'd play next would be the wildwood flower. 我知道他会打接下来的将是原始林花调。

   

I told him once that he could be what people call a star 我告诉他一次，他可能是人们所说的明星

And he said why boy I'm happy how many of them folks are 他说，为什么男孩，我很高兴人们有多少人是

I'd hate to have to force a smile and feel myself turn sour 我讨厌不得不强颜欢笑，觉得自己将变成坏账

There ain't no put on in my face when I pick the wildwood flower. 不过是没有放在我面前时，我挑怀尔德伍德花。

   

Then I saw a thousand people as they begin to come 然后我看到了一千人，他们开始来

Business men and opry stars party girls and bums 商人和大剧院明星派对女孩和烧伤

And on that little mound of clay bouquets begin to shower 而在红土上花束的那个小土堆开始洗澡

As they paid respect to the little man who picked the wildwood flower... 因为他们支付对于小个子谁捡到了天然林花...