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When I was a young man courting the girls 当我还是一个年轻男子求爱女孩

I played me a waiting game 我打了我一个等待的游戏

If a maid refused me with tossing curls 如果一个女佣不肯给我折腾的卷发

I'd let the old Earth make a couple of whirls 我让老地球做一些回旋的

While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls 虽然我合股她的泪水代替珍珠

And as time came around she came my way 而随着时间的到来的时候，她来到我的方式

As time came around, she came 随着时间到来的时候，她来了

   

When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring 当你年轻的女孩满足早春

You court them in song and rhyme 你告上法庭他们的歌韵

They answer with words and a clover ring 他们用文字和三叶草戒指回答

But if you could examine the goods they bring 但是，如果你可以检查他们带来的商品

They have little to offer but the songs they sing 他们几乎没有提供，但歌曲唱到

And the plentiful waste of time of day 以及一天的时间的丰富废物

A plentiful waste of time 时间肥美浪费

   

Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December 哦，这是一个很长很长，而从5-12月

But the days grow short when you reach September 但是，日子变得很短，当你到达九

When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame 当秋天天气转叶火焰

One hasn't got time for the waiting game 一个人没有时间的等待游戏

   

Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few 哦，天萎缩下来，以珍贵的几

September, November 九月，十一月

And these few precious days I'll spend with you 而这几个珍贵的日子，我会陪伴你

These precious days I'll spend with you 这些珍贵的日子里，我会陪伴你