Mary Martin was a schoolgirl 玛丽·马丁是个女生

Just seventeen or so 就在17左右

When she married Billy Archer 当她嫁给了比利·阿彻

About fourteen years ago 关于十四年前

Not even out of high school 甚至没有高中毕业

Folks said it wouldn't last 乡亲们说，这不会持续

But when you grow up in the country 但是，当你在这个国家长大

You grow up mighty fast 你长大了强大的快

   

They married in a hurry 他们结婚着急

In March before school was out 在三月份开学前在外面

Folks said that she was pregnant, 乡亲们说，她怀孕了，

"Just wait and you'll find out." “等着吧，你会找到的。 ”

It came about that winter 这是约在冬季

One gray November morn 一个灰色的月计在于晨

The first of many more to come 许多更多的第一来

A baby boy was born 一名男婴出生

   

And cattle is their game 和牛是他们的游戏

And Archer is the name 和射手是名字

They give to the acres that they own 他们给到他们所拥有的万亩

If the Brazos don't run dry 如果布拉索斯不干涸

And the newborn calves don't die 而初生牛犊不会死

Another year from Mary will have flown 玛丽又是一年将出动

Another year from Mary will have flown 玛丽又是一年将出动

   

Now Billy kept what cattle 现在，比利保持什么样的牛

His father could afford 他的父亲能买得起

Bouncing across the cactus 整个仙人掌放鸽子

In a 1950 Ford 在1950年的福特

The cows were sick and skinny 奶牛生病而瘦

And the weed was all that grew 和杂草是所有的增长

But Billy kept the place alive 但比利存放地活着

The only thing he knew 他知道的唯一的事

   

And Mary cooked the supper 和玛丽煮夜宵

And Mary scrubbed the clothes 和玛丽擦洗衣服

And Mary busted horses 和玛丽捣毁马

And blew the baby's nose 吹宝宝的鼻子

And Mary and a shotgun 而玛丽和猎枪

Kept the rattlesnakes away 不停的走响尾蛇

How she kept on smiling 她是如何保持的微笑

No one could ever say 没有人能说

   

Now the drought of '57 对57现在旱情

Was a curse upon the land 是地上诅咒

No one in Bosque county 没有人在博斯克县

Could give Bill a helping hand 可以给比尔伸出援助之手

The ground was cracked and broken 地面被破解和破

And the truck was out of gas 而卡车是没油了

And cows can't feed on prickly pear 和牛不能养活仙人球

Instead of growing grass 相反，越来越多的草

   

Well the weather got the water 好天气有水

And a snake bite took a child 和蛇咬伤了孩子

And a fire in the old barn 和火在旧谷仓

Took the hay that Bill had piled 把比尔已经堆满了干草

The mortgage got the money 按揭拿到钱

And the screw worm got the cows 和螺旋虫了奶牛

The years have come for Mary 这些年来都来了玛丽

She's waiting for them now 她现在是等着他们