My Minnesota Home

Way down upon that old Mississippi river
沿著那古老的密西西比河畔
Not so far away
並不遙遠
That's where my folks have lived for ever
那是我家人永遠生活的地方
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
我找遍整個世界
Half my life or more (and more)
用了半生或許更多(更多)
But I found my own sweet satisfaction
但我找到了讓我自己甜蜜滿足的地方
Right here on that muddy river shore
就在那泥濘的河岸上
all the World
這個世界
It is so sad and dreary
是如此的悲涼
every where I roam
我流浪過的每個地方
oh (oh mama) mama how I miss the prairie
噢(媽媽) 媽媽我多麼想念那個草原
and my Minnesota home
我的明尼蘇達家
I can see my mama's sweet sweet face
我能看到我媽媽甜美的笑臉
Every Sunday morning
在每個星期天的早上
All the good old hymns
所有美好的聖歌
praise god that we've sung
我們歌頌讚美上帝
we knelt in prayer
我們跪下祈禱
right beside of our precious aunts and uncles
在我們珍愛的阿姨和叔叔身旁
Who loved us when we were young
在年幼時他們疼愛我們
In the valley of darkness
在黑暗的山谷
they are the shepherds
他們是牧羊人
Who lead me to pastures green
他們帶我到綠色的牧場
And I'll sit with my mama by the still still waters
我和我媽媽一起坐在那靜靜的湖邊
And goodness and mercy follow me
上帝和仁慈跟隨著我
I floated down the Columbia and the Hudson
我往哥倫比亞和哈德森漂流下去
Walked on the banks of the Ohio (Ohio Ohio)
沿著俄亥俄河岸(俄亥俄俄亥俄)
on the banks of a Wabash
在沃巴什河岸
And the mighty Colorado
還有那寬闊的科羅拉多河
And the old red river way up north
和古老的紅河一直流向北
all the world is a world of rivers
這個世界是河的世界
flowing to the sea,ah...
流到海裡,啊...
but here on that old Mississippi
但在這裡,古老的密西西比
here is the home for you and me
這是你和我的家
all the world
這個世界
it is so sad and dreary
是如此的悲涼
every where I roam
我流浪過的每個地方
oh mama how I missed the prairie
噢媽媽我多麼想念那個草原
and my Minnesota home
我的明尼蘇達家