Come all ye young fellas 来吧，你们所有的年轻小伙子们

That handle a gun 办理枪

Beware of night rambling 当心晚上散漫

By the setting of the sun 由太阳的设定

And beware of an accident 并提防意外

That happened of late 发生晚期

To young Molly Ban 年轻莫莉班

And sad was her fate 而可悲的是她的命运

   

She was going to her uncles 她要她的叔叔

When a shower came on 当淋浴来到

She went under a green bush 她下一个绿色的灌木丛去

The shower to shun 淋浴顺

   

Her white apron wrapped around her 她的白色围裙缠着她

He took her for a swan 他把她的一只天鹅

But a hush and sigh 但嘘叹息

Was his own Molly Ban 是他自己的莫莉班

   

He quickly ran to her 他赶紧跑到她

And found she was dead 并发现她已经死了

And there on her bosom 而且在她的怀里

Where he soaked, tears he shed 在那里，他湿透了，他的眼泪流下

   

He ran home to his father 他跑回家给父亲

With his gun in his hand 随着他在他手里的枪

Saying "Father dear father 他说：“亲爱的爸爸父亲

I have shot Molly Ban" 我已经拍莫莉班“

   

Her white apron wrapped around her 她的白色围裙缠着她

He took her for a swan 他把她的一只天鹅

But a hush and a sigh 但嘘和叹息

'Twas his own Molly Ban 何等自己莫莉班

   

He roamed near the place 他附近游荡的地方

Where his true love was slain 他的真爱被杀

He wept bitter tears 他痛苦地流泪

But his cries were in vain 但他的哭声都是徒劳的

As he look on the lake 当他看湖上

A swan glided by 通过滑翔天鹅

And the sun slowly sank 而太阳慢慢沉入

In the gray up sky 在灰向上天空