Ode To Billie Joe-Bobbie Gentry

[00:00.000] 作词 : Gentry [00:08.750]It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
六月三日，三角洲又是灰尘滚滚 [00:17.500]I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay
我在外面采着棉花，哥哥堆着干草 [00:25.000]And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
傍晚我们收工回房子吃饭 [00:33.250]And mama hollered out the back door, "Y'all, remember to wipe your feet!"
妈妈喊道：“把脚擦干净再进来！” [00:41.500]And then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
接着她说道：“今早上从Choctaw岭上打听了” [00:49.500]"Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“那个比利乔从Tallahatchie桥上跳河了” [00:58.250]And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas,
爸爸一边分着豇豆一边对妈妈说道： [01:05.500]"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please"
“比利这人就不是什么好狗——把面饼分一下” [01:13.500]"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
“东北边还有五亩地等着我去犁呢” [01:21.000]And mama said, "It was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow"
妈妈说：“人家都死了你好歹也惋惜一下吧” [01:28.000]"Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge"
“好像那边就没传来过什么好消息” [01:36.000]"And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“然后今天又闹了跳桥这么一出” [01:45.000]And brother said he recollected when he, and Tom, and Billie Joe
哥哥说他还记得他和汤姆和比利 [01:52.750]Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
在图片展上放了只青蛙在我背上 [02:00.000]"And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?"
“我上星期天晚上还跟他在教堂聊天来着” [02:08.250]"I'll have another piece-a apple pie; you know, it don't seem right"
“我在要份苹果派——这事不太对劲啊” [02:17.000]"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"
“昨天我还在Choctaw岭上的锯木厂见着他呢” [02:23.750]"And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“结果今天你就跟我说人家跳桥了” [02:32.000]And mama said to me, "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"
妈妈又对我说道：“孩子啊，你怎么没胃口了” [02:39.500]"I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite"
“我都煮了一整天了，你连一口都没吃？” [02:48.000]"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
“那个帅小伙牧师泰勒今天来我们家坐了坐” [02:55.500]"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"
“他说星期天想一起吃个晚饭——哦，还有啊” [03:02.750]"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
“他说他在Choctaw岭上碰见了个跟你长得挺像的姑娘” [03:10.500]"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
“他和比利乔从桥上往河里扔了什么东西” [03:19.000]A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
光阴似箭，比利死了都过一年了 [03:26.750]And brother married Becky Thompson; they bought a store in Tupelo
哥哥娶了贝琪汤普森，它们俩在Tupelo买了家商店 [03:34.000]There was a virus going 'round; papa caught it, and he died last spring
春天闹流感，爸爸染病死了 [03:42.000]And now mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything
妈妈现在干什么都没心思了 [03:50.750]And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
我呢，我一有空就去Choctaw岭摘野花 [03:58.000]And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
然后将它们抛在Tallahatchie桥下浑浊的水中