《Old Black Kettle》歌词

[00:00:00] Old Black Kettle - Dolly Parton (多莉·帕顿)

[00:00:10] Well I remember when I was just little

[00:00:12] Mama used to cook on an old black kettle

[00:00:14] On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed

[00:00:19] Well the oven door was sprung a little bit

[00:00:21] So we propped it up with a forked stick

[00:00:23] But that didn't matter cause mama kept us fed

[00:00:28] My mama and daddy must have loved each other

[00:00:30] Cause I had eleven sisters and brothers

[00:00:33] And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did

[00:00:37] There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it

[00:00:40] We might have been poor but we didn't know it

[00:00:42] We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant

[00:00:47] Oh we used to have such a good life

[00:00:51] And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known

[00:00:57] And oh didn't we have such a good time

[00:01:02] It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone

[00:01:16] Well there was nothing that pleased us any better

[00:01:18] Than when we got an occasional letter

[00:01:20] From kin folks living up north in some big town

[00:01:25] We'd think of all the games we'd play

[00:01:27] And we just couldn't hardly wait

[00:01:29] When our city cousins said they're a coming down

[00:01:34] Now mama's done away with the old black kettle

[00:01:36] She used to cook in when I was just little

[00:01:39] And the door ain't sprung on her electric range

[00:01:43] That little farm and home we had

[00:01:45] It ain't there no more and that's too bad

[00:01:48] Folks are doing away with the simple things

[00:01:53] And oh we used to have such a good life

[00:01:57] And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known

[00:02:03] And oh didn't we have such a good time

[00:02:07] It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone

[00:02:16] Now I just mean to say the simple things are gone

[00:02:22] The old black kettle's gone