There were seven little Indians 有七个小印地安人

Living in a brick house on 生活在一个砖房子

Central Avenue 中央大街

Gathered 'round their daddy 聚集“圆自己的爸爸

Tellin' stories in the living room 泰兰的故事在客厅

From a slightly unrealistic point of view 从一个稍微不切实际点

Momma was off yonder in the kitchen somewhere 妈妈在厨房里被关在那边的某个地方

Boiling up some hot water for them to all get up to their necks in 沸腾了一些热水让他们都得到了他们的脖子

The seven little Indians new 七个小新的印度人

If the rest of the tribe ever scrutinized their household 如果部落的其他审查过他们的家庭

Somehow it would not pass inspection 不知怎的，它不会通过验收

The big chief railed on 大长辱骂

And spun his tales of brave conquest 和纺勇敢征服了他的故事

About the moving of his little band 关于他的小乐队的移动

Up to Alaska 截至阿拉斯加

Where the caribou run free 当驯鹿奔跑自由

See he had been there putting in telephone lines 见他在电话线已经有把

For the army during World War II 对于二战期间军队

Even brought back a picture of a frozen mastodon 甚至带回了冷冻乳齿象的图片

For the little Indians to see 对于印度人很少见

And some mukluks and some sealskin gloves 而一些MUKLUKS和一些海豹皮手套

And a coat with beads around the collar 并与在颈上珠外套

His wife kept them in the mothballs 他的妻子不停地在他们的樟脑丸

Underneath the Hudson Bays 下面的哈德逊海湾

And every once and a while he'd get all wound up 而每一次，一会儿他会得到所有清盘

With one of his stories, he'd put them all on 随着他的故事之一，他就会把他们全部上

And dance around in that blue TV light 而在这蓝色的电视轻舞各地

Like it was some campfire blazing away 就像是一些篝火熊熊走

Well he stamped and he hollered 嗯，他盖章，他叫喊

But he could not stay warm in that living room 但是，他不能留在客厅的温馨

And even the seven little Indians could feel the chill 甚至七个小印度人能感觉到寒意

And although everything always worked 并且，虽然一切都屡试不爽

Out for the better in all of his stories 出在他的所有故事的好

In that old brick house it always felt like 在旧砖房，它总是感觉

Something was movin' in for the kill 有什么东西在往前痛下杀手

Blazing like a trail 炽烈如步道

Shot through the eyes of the seven little Indians 通过七个小印第安人的眼里射出

Blazing like the sheets of light dancing up in the sky 如炽烈的光舞在天空床单

Up above Anchorage 截至以上安克雷奇

Blazing like a star shot down to the ground 炽热的像一个明星击落到地面

Back home again in Indiana 再次回到家乡印第安纳州

Now it finally got so quiet you could hear a pin drop 现在，它终于得到了如此安静，你能听到针掉在地上

They started dropping like flies 他们开始放弃像苍蝇

The oldest little Indian got sick and vanished 最古老的印地安小病了，消失

The big chief went two years later 大又长，两年后

The mother raised the six little Indians up 这位母亲提出的六个小印第安人了

The best she could 最好她能

To be housewives, musicians, and insurance salesmen 是家庭主妇，音乐家和保险营销员

But they all shared this common denominator 但他们都共享这个共同点

You see, all the characters in the big chief's stories 你看，在大酋长的故事，所有的人物

Were named after the seven little Indians 被命名的七个小印地安人后

And like I said, in his stories everything 就像我说的，在他的故事的一切

Always worked out for the better 总是制定好了

And now as I'm telling this stuff to my own kids 现在我要告诉这个东西给我自己的孩子

Dancing around in that blue TV light 在蓝色的光电视周围跳舞

Well, I wish I had those mukluks, those sealskin gloves 嗯，我想我有那些MUKLUKS ，这些海豹皮手套

And that coat with beads around the collar 和大衣的领子周围的珠