《’Po Folks Christmas》歌词

[00:00:00] 'Po Folks Christmas - Bill Anderson (比尔·安德森)/Paul Samson

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[00:00:10] There's a whole lotta people

[00:00:11] 这世上有很多人

[00:00:11] Lookin' down their noses at me

[00:00:16] 都轻视于我

[00:00:16] 'Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family

[00:00:22] 只因我并非来自富裕家庭

[00:00:22] I guess I learned to take it for most of the year

[00:00:26] 我想，大部分时间我已经学会接受这事实

[00:00:26] But every December when Christmas drew near

[00:00:28] 当每一个圣诞临近的十二月

[00:00:28] And all the other families were out spreadin'

[00:00:31] 所有的家庭都外出撒播欢乐

[00:00:31] Cheer we was sittin' home being po' folks

[00:00:36] 我们穷人只是待在家里

[00:00:36] Our Christmas shopping was thumblin'

[00:00:38] 我们的圣诞购物

[00:00:38] Through the new catalog

[00:00:42] 只是用手指翻过新品目录

[00:00:42] Lookin' and a wishin' and a wantin' everything we saw

[00:00:48] 看着，期盼着，渴望着眼前所见的一切

[00:00:48] Little toy trains and little toy boats and sister

[00:00:52] 迷你玩具火车，小玩具船

[00:00:52] Kept lookin' at the little girl's coats

[00:00:54] 姐妹们看着小女孩的外套

[00:00:54] We all sat down and wrote Santa a note

[00:00:57] 我们都坐下来，给圣诞老人留言

[00:00:57] But Santa don't come to see po' folks

[00:01:01] 但圣诞老人不会来看望穷人

[00:01:01] And we wadn't nothing but po' folks

[00:01:04] 我们只是穷人而已

[00:01:04] Po' folks livin' way in the country we never

[00:01:09] 我们穷人活在从未听过

[00:01:09] Heard the jingle of the jingle bells

[00:01:11] 铃铛叮当作响的国度

[00:01:11] Ho ho ho we was po po po' and if we had

[00:01:15] 呵呵呵，我们是穷人

[00:01:15] Christmas well we just made it ourselves

[00:01:18] 我们用自己的方式过好圣诞节

[00:01:18] Daddy took a hatchet and daddy chopped a pine tree down

[00:01:24] 爸爸拿着短柄小斧，砍倒一颗松树

[00:01:24] The only decorations were the ones we made or found

[00:01:30] 唯一的装饰由我们自己制作，要么就是捡来的

[00:01:30] Brother saw some holly in the rich men's yard

[00:01:33] 在某个富人的院子里，哥哥看到一些冬青树

[00:01:33] He picked it up fast and ran home hard

[00:01:36] 他迅速捡起来，跑回家

[00:01:36] And mama knew he stole it but bless

[00:01:38] 妈妈知道这是偷来的，仍不加责怪

[00:01:38] Her heart Christmas ain't easy on po' folks

[00:01:42] 她心里的圣诞节，对穷人来说并不容易

[00:01:42] And it ain't no time for whipping po' folks

[00:01:49] 没有时间再斥责穷人了

[00:01:49] I remember one Christmas it was blowing

[00:01:52] 我记得一个寒风呼啸

[00:01:52] And a snowing mean

[00:01:56] 大雪纷飞的圣诞节

[00:01:56] Wadn't nothing in the kitchen

[00:01:57] 厨房里除了妈妈自制的豆子罐头

[00:01:57] But a few of mama's homecanned beans

[00:02:02] 什么也没有

[00:02:02] Some ladies from the church brought a basket of food

[00:02:05] 一些教堂的修女带来一篮子食物

[00:02:05] Mama kinda smiled and she said that's good

[00:02:08] 妈妈脸上露出些许微笑，她说，太好了

[00:02:08] But all just take it to

[00:02:10] 却带着这些食物

[00:02:10] The folks that live down the road

[00:02:12] 走到街角的穷人家

[00:02:12] They ain't got as much as we do huh why they're just po' folks

[00:02:16] 他们连我们也不如，哈，为何他们只是穷人

[00:02:16] She only kept a chicken and enough to

[00:02:18] 她只留下一些

[00:02:18] Make some homemade bread

[00:02:21] 够做自制面包的鸡肉

[00:02:21] But you'd've thought we was feastin' from

[00:02:24] 你以为我们只是享受

[00:02:24] The blessings that my daddy said

[00:02:28] 爸爸说出祝福之后

[00:02:28] And later when kids was tucked in tight

[00:02:31] 孩子们就蜷缩在一起

[00:02:31] And the fire wadn't nothin' but a flickering light

[00:02:34] 炉火不过是摇曳的小火苗

[00:02:34] You oughta heard my mama sing Silent night

[00:02:42] 你应该听听我妈妈唱的平安夜之歌

[00:02:42] 'Cause that's what you do when you're po' folks

[00:02:46] 因为如果你是穷人，那就是你所做的一切

[00:02:46] And we wadn't nothin' but po' folks

[00:02:49] 我们只是穷人而已

[00:02:49] Christmas time when you're po' folks

[00:02:53] 圣诞时节，如果你是穷人

[00:02:53] The Lord sure must've loved us po' folks

[00:02:55] 上帝肯定爱着我们穷人

[00:02:55] Ha ha he made a passel of us

[00:02:59] 哈哈哈，他造就了大批的我们

[00:02:59] Everybody at my house was po' folks

[00:03:01] 所有在我家里的都是穷人

[00:03:01] Why most of the time we was po'

[00:03:03] 为何大多数时候我们都那么贫穷

[00:03:03] We couldn't even pay attention mercy

[00:03:08] 我们甚至无法去怜悯别人

[00:03:08] Christmas time when you're po' folks

[00:03:13] 圣诞时节，如果你是穷人