Well I remember when I was just little 嗯，我记得当我还是小

Mama used to cook on an old black kettle 妈妈用来煮在一个旧的黑色水壶

On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed 在一个古老的木制火炉，她喝了，因为她结婚

Well the oven door was sprung a little bit 好炉门涌现了一点点

So we propped it up with a forked stick 因此，我们撑起它与分叉棍

But that didn't matter cause Mama kept us fed 但是，这并没有关系引起妈妈不停美联储

My mama and daddy must have loved each other 我的妈妈和爸爸一定是深爱着对方

Cause I had eleven sisters and brothers 因为我有11个兄弟姐妹

And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did 而女孩的工作只是硬如男生那样

There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it 有玉米的硬骨头，然后我们会去锄它

We might have been poor but we didn't know it 我们可能一直不佳，但我们不知道它

We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant 我们希望听到这个词，但我们不知道是什么意思

Oh we used to have such a good life 哦，我们曾经有过这么好的生活

And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known 而且，我当时就知道日子是最幸福的我知道

And oh didn't we have such a good time 哦不，我们有这样的好时机

It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone 这是令人伤心的老黑水壶不见了

   

Well there was nothing that pleased us any better 以及有没有什么高兴我们有什么更好的

Than when we got an occasional letter 当我们拿到一个偶然的信比

From kin folks livin' up north in some big town 从血缘乡亲在一些大城市活着北上

We'd think of all the games we'd play 我们会想我们会玩的游戏

And we just couldn't hardly wait 我们只是不能迫不及待

When our city cousins said they'ze a comin' down 当我们的城市表兄弟说theyze à坠落下来

Now Mama's done away with the old black kettle 现在，妈妈的与旧的黑色水壶免掉

She used to cook in when I was just little 她曾经在做饭的时候我只是有点

And the door ain't sprung on her electric range 而门未如雨后春笋般涌现在她的电力范围

That little farm and home we had 那个小农场和家庭，我们有

It ain't there no more and that's too bad 它是不是有没有更多，这太糟糕了

Folks are doin' away with the simple things 伙计上来的客场与简单的事情

   

And oh we used to have such a good life 哦，我们曾经有过这么好的生活

And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known 而且，我当时就知道日子是最幸福的我知道

And oh didn't we have such a good time 哦不，我们有这样的好时机

It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone 这是令人伤心的老黑水壶不见了

   

Now, I just mean to say the simple things are gone 现在，我刚才的意思是说简单的事情都过去了

The old black kettle's gone 老黑水壶不见了