My Minnesota Home

Way down upon that old Mississippi river
沿着那古老的密西西比河畔
Not so far away
并不遥远
That's where my folks have lived for ever
那是我家人永远生活的地方
And that's where I'm going to stay
也是我要生活的的地方
I've been searching cross the whole creation
我找遍整个世界
Half my life or more (and more)
用了半生或许更多(更多)
But I found my own sweet satisfaction
但我找到了让我自己甜蜜满足的地方
Right here on that muddy river shore
就在那泥泞的河岸上
all the World
这个世界
It is so sad and dreary
是如此的悲凉
every where I roam
我流浪过的每个地方
oh (oh mama) mama how I miss the prairie
噢(妈妈) 妈妈我多么想念那个草原
and my Minnesota home
我的明尼苏达家
I can see my mama's sweet sweet face
我能看到我妈妈甜美的笑脸
Every Sunday morning
在每个星期天的早上
All the good old hymns
所有美好的圣歌
praise god that we've sung
我们歌颂赞美上帝
we knelt in prayer
我们跪下祈祷
right beside of our precious aunts and uncles
在我们珍爱的阿姨和叔叔身旁
Who loved us when we were young
在年幼时他们疼爱我们
In the valley of darkness
在黑暗的山谷
they are the shepherds
他们是牧羊人
Who lead me to pastures green
他们带我到绿色的牧场
And I'll sit with my mama by the still still waters
我和我妈妈一起坐在那静静的湖边
And goodness and mercy follow me
上帝和仁慈跟随着我
I floated down the Columbia and the Hudson
我往哥伦比亚和哈德森漂流下去
Walked on the banks of the Ohio (Ohio Ohio)
沿着俄亥俄河岸(俄亥俄 俄亥俄)
on the banks of a Wabash
在沃巴什河岸
And the mighty Colorado
还有那宽阔的科罗拉多河
And the old red river way up north
和古老的红河一直流向北
all the world is a world of rivers
这个世界是河的世界
flowing to the sea,ah...
流到海里,啊...
but here on that old Mississippi
但在这里,古老的密西西比
here is the home for you and me
这是你和我的家
all the world
这个世界
it is so sad and dreary
是如此的悲凉
every where I roam
我流浪过的每个地方
oh mama how I missed the prairie
噢 妈妈 我多么想念那个草原
and my Minnesota home
我的明尼苏达家