Po’ Folks - Bill Anderson

Po' Folks - Bill Anderson
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Written by：Bill Anderson

There's a whole lotta people
有许多人
Lookin' down their noses at me
用轻蔑的眼光看着我
'Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family
因为我并非来自富裕家庭
There was ten of us livin' in a two room shack
我们十口人挤在两间小屋里
On the banks of the river
在河岸边
By the railroad track
靠近铁路的地方
We kept chickens in a pen in the back
我们在后院养着鸡
And everybody said we was po' folks
所有人都说我们是穷人
My daddy was a farmer
我父亲是个农夫
But all he ever raised was us
但他唯一养育的是我们
Dug a forty foot well
他挖了一口四十英尺的井
Struck thirty six gallons of dust
却只打出了三十六加仑的尘土
The Salvation Army give us clothes to wear
救世军给了我们衣服穿
A man from the County came to cut our hair
县里来了个人为我们理发
We lived next door to a millionaire
我们住在百万富翁的隔壁
But we wasn't nothin' cept po'folks
但我们除了贫穷一无所有
We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks' world
我们是穷人，生活在富人的世界里
We sure was a hungry bunch
我们确实是一群饥饿的人
If the wolf had ever come to our front door
如果狼曾来到我们的门前
He'd have had brought a picnic lunch
它一定会带来一顿野餐
My granddaddy's pension was a dollar
我祖父的养老金只有一美元
And thirty three cents
和三十三美分
That was ten dollar less than
这比房东要的租金
The landlord wanted for rent
还少了十美元
The landlord's letters got nasty indeed
房东的信件言辞愈发刻薄
He wrote Get out but Pa couldn't read
他写道“搬出去”，但爸爸不识字
And we was too broke to even pay heed
我们穷得连回应都无力
But that's how it is when you're po' folks
这就是穷人家的生活常态
We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks' world
我们是穷人，生活在富人的世界里
We sure was a hungry bunch
我们确实是一群饥饿的人
If the wolf had ever come to our front door
如果狼曾来到我们的门前
He'd have had brought a picnic lunch
它一定会带来一顿野餐
But we had something in our house money can't buy
但我们家中有金钱买不到的东西
Kept us warm in the winter
在冬天让我们温暖
Cool when the sun was high
在烈日下让我们凉爽
For whenever we didn't have food enough
每当我们食物不足时
And the howlin' winds would get pretty rough
当呼啸的风变得猛烈时
We patched the cracks and set the table with love
我们用爱修补裂缝，用爱布置餐桌
'Cause that's what you do
因为这就是我们该做的
When you're po' folks
当你出身贫寒
And we wasn't nothin' but po' folks
我们只是贫穷的普通人
My mom and my dad was po' folks
我的父母也是贫穷的普通人
My brother and my sister was po' folks
我的兄弟姐妹也是贫穷的普通人
My dog and my cat was po' fol
我的狗和猫也是贫穷的普通人