Willie & Laura Mae Jones 威利与劳拉美琼斯

Were our neighbours a long time back 是我们的邻居很长一段时间回来

They lived right down the road from us 他们就住下来，我们在路上

In a shack just like our shack 在一个窝棚就像我们的窝棚

   

The people worked the land together 的人在一起工作过的土地

And we learned to count on each other 我们学会了依靠对方

When you live off the land 当你生活过的土地

You don't have the time to think about another man's colour 你不必去想别人的颜色的时候

   

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine 棉花是高，玉米的成长罚款

But that was another place and another time 但是，这是另一个地方，另一个时间

   

Sit out on the front porch 您可以坐在前廊

In the evening when the sun went down 到了晚上，当太阳下山

Willie would play and the kids would sing 威利会玩，孩子们会唱

And everybody would mess around 让大家都陷入混乱

Daddy'd bring out his guitar Daddyd衬托出他的吉他

And play on through the night 并彻夜玩

Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say 飘飞OL “威利会眉开眼笑，说

"Hey, you play all right" “嘿，你玩好吗”

Made me feel so good 让我感觉这么好

   

I remember the best times of all 我记得所有的最佳时间

When Saturday came around 当周六来到身边

   

We all would stop by Willie's house and say 我们都将由威利的房子停下来说

"Do y'all need anything from town?" “难道你们都从城里需要什么？ ”

He'd say "No, but why don't y'all stop on the way back through? 他会说：“不，但为什么你们都不要在路上停下回来过？

And I'll get Laura Mae, yeah, to cook up some barbecue" 我会得到劳拉美，是啊，煮了一些烧烤“

And you know that's good 你知道这是好

   

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was 棉花是高，玉米的成长很好，是的，它是

But that was another place and another time 但是，这是另一个地方，另一个时间

   

Oh, the years rolled past the land 呵呵，几年过去推出的土地

And took back what they'd given 并带走他们会给出什么

We all knew we had to move 我们都知道我们必须移动

If we were gonna make a living 如果我们要去谋生

   

So we all moved off 所以，我们都感动了

And went about our separate ways 又走了大约各奔东西

It sure was hard to say goodbye 这肯定是难说再见

To Willie and Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah 威利和劳拉协会（琼斯） ，哦耶

   

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was 棉花是高，玉米的成长很好，是的，它是

But that was another place and another time 但是，这是另一个地方，另一个时间

I remember so well 我记得这么好

The cotton looked so fine 棉花看上去那么细

But that was another place and another time 但是，这是另一个地方，另一个时间

And it felt so good, yes it did 它感觉真好，是的，它的确