《Old Folks》歌词

[00:00:00] Old Folks - Etta Jones

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[00:00:06] Written by：Etta Jones/Willard Robison/Dedette Lee Hill

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[00:00:13] Everyone knows him as old folks

[00:00:21] 大家都知道他是个老人

[00:00:21] Like the seasons he comes and he'll go

[00:00:29] 就像四季更替他来了又去

[00:00:29] Just as free as a bird and as good as his word

[00:00:38] 就像鸟儿一样自由就像他的诺言一样

[00:00:38] That's why everybody loves him so

[00:00:45] 所以大家都那么爱他

[00:00:45] Always leaving his spoon in his coffee

[00:00:53] 总是把勺子落在咖啡里

[00:00:53] Tucks his napkin up under his chin

[00:01:01] 他把纸巾藏在下巴下面

[00:01:01] And his own corn cob pipe is so mellow hits right

[00:01:09] 他自己制作的玉米芯烟管真的好迷人

[00:01:09] But you needn't be ashamed of him

[00:01:18] 但你不必为他感到羞耻

[00:01:18] In the evenings after supper

[00:01:26] 晚上吃完晚饭

[00:01:26] What stories he tells

[00:01:33] 他讲了什么故事

[00:01:33] How he held his speech at Gettysburg for Lincoln that day

[00:01:42] 那天他在葛底斯堡为林肯发表演讲

[00:01:42] You know I know that one so well

[00:01:49] 你知道我对这一点了如指掌

[00:01:49] One thing we don't know about old folks

[00:01:56] 关于老年人有一件事我们不知道

[00:01:56] Did he fight for the blue or the gray

[00:02:04] 他是为蓝色还是灰色而战

[00:02:04] But he's so democratic and so diplomatic

[00:02:13] 但他真的好民主好圆滑

[00:02:13] We always let him have his way

[00:02:51] 我们总是让他为所欲为

[00:02:51] In the evenings after supper

[00:03:00] 晚上吃完晚饭

[00:03:00] What stories he tells

[00:03:08] 他讲了什么故事

[00:03:08] How he held his speech at Gettysburg for Lincoln that day

[00:03:17] 那天他在葛底斯堡为林肯发表演讲

[00:03:17] Yes I know that one so well

[00:03:24] 没错我了如指掌

[00:03:24] Some day there will be no more old folks

[00:03:32] 总有一天老人会消失

[00:03:32] What a lonely old world this will be

[00:03:39] 这将是一个多么孤独的旧世界

[00:03:39] Children's voices at play will be still fonding

[00:03:49] 玩耍时孩子们的声音依然悦耳动听

[00:03:49] The day they take old folks away

[00:03:54] 他们带走老人的那一天