Cotton on the roadside cotton in the ditch 棉花在路边的棉花在沟

We all picked the cotton but we never got rich 我们都选择了棉花，但我们从来没有富裕

Daddy was a veteran a Southern Democrat 爸爸是一位资深的南方民主党人

Said they oughta kill a rich man to vote like that. 说他们现在应该杀了财主投这样的。

   

Sing a song, song of the south 唱歌南部，歌

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth 番薯饼和闭上嘴

Gone, gone with the wind 飘，随风而逝

Ain't nobody looking back again. 不是没有人找回来。

   

Well, I was eighteen fore I ate my fill 好吧，我十八岁前我吃了我的补

We lied on the garden and the cow's good will 我们趴在花园和牛的良好意愿

Winter was wet and the summer was dry 冬天潮湿，夏天干

And mama she was old at thirty-five. 和妈妈，她老在35 。

   

Somebody told us Wall Street fell 有人告诉我们，华尔街下跌

So damn poor we couldn't even tell 因此，该死的穷人，我们甚至不能告诉

Cotton was short and the weeds were tall 棉花是短，杂草高大

Mr. Roosevelt's gonna save us all. 罗斯福先生的要去拯救我们。

   

Sing a song, song of the south 唱歌南部，歌

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth 番薯饼和闭上嘴

Gone, gone with the wind 飘，随风而逝

Ain't nobody looking back again. 不是没有人找回来。

   

Mama got sick and daddy got down 妈妈生病，爸爸倒了

County got the farm and they moved to town 县得到了农场，他们搬到了城里

Daddy took a job with the TVA 爸爸找了一份工作与TVA

Bought a washin' machine and a Chevrolet. 买时洗机和雪佛兰。

   

Sing a song, song of the south 唱歌南部，歌

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth 番薯饼和闭上嘴

Gone, gone with the wind 飘，随风而逝

Ain't nobody looking back again. 不是没有人找回来。

   

Sing a song, song of the south 唱歌南部，歌

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth 番薯饼和闭上嘴

Gone, gone with the wind 飘，随风而逝

Ain't nobody looking back again. 不是没有人找回来。

   

Sing a song, song of the south 唱歌南部，歌

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth 番薯饼和闭上嘴

Gone, gone with the wind 飘，随风而逝

Ain't nobody looking back again... 不是没有人回来找...