Every town has its town bum 每一个城市都有其镇范

I guess ours had one 我想我们有一个

Here's a song about him, I remember him fondly 这里有一个关于他的歌，我深深的怀念

Well his name was Abner Brown 以及他的名字是押尼珥布朗

   

I knew an old drunk named Abner Brown 我认识的一位醉汉名叫押尼珥布朗

And nobody knew when he came to town 没有人知道，当他来到小镇

But he spread good will to his fellow men 但他推广好的意愿，他的同胞

And they let him sleep in the cotton gin 他们让他睡在轧棉机

   

He could drink more brew than an army could 他可以喝更多的BREW比军队能

But he had more friends and he did more good 但是他有更多的朋友和他做更多的好

Than a lot of fine fancy people in our town 比很多精美花哨的人在我们的城市

So they tolerated Abner Brown 因此，他们不能容忍押尼珥布朗

   

And all us kids were on his side 和我们所有的孩子都在他的身边

'Cause he told us tales till our eyes grew wide 因为他告诉我们的故事，直到我们的眼睛从小宽

And he made us feel bout ten feet tall 他让我们感到回合一丈多高

'Cause he had no kids but he claimed us all 因为他没有孩子，但他声称我们所有人

   

And after school and on weekends 与课后和周末

You could find me down at the cotton gin 你会发现我失望的轧花机

The truest friend that I ever found was 我迄今发现的最真实的朋友是

A good old drunk named Abner Brown 一个好的老醉名为押尼珥布朗

   

Abner Brown, I wish that I could see you once again 押尼珥布朗，我希望我能再次见到你

I believe that you'd stack up with all the mighty men 我相信，你会叠起来用所有的勇士

I've met and known in all the low 我见过在所有已知的低

And higher places that I've been 和较高的地方，我一直

   

Thinking of you picks me up when I'm feeling down 想着你挑选了我，当我情绪低落

I thank the Lord for making Abner Brown 我感谢主，让押尼珥布朗

   

Lord take me back to the cotton land 主带我回到棉花地

To Arkansas take me home again 阿肯色州带我回家了

Let me be the boy that I once have been 我想是因为我曾经是男孩

Let me walk that road to the cotton gin 让我走这条道路，以轧棉机

   

He's probably dead many years ago 他可能已经死了很多年以前

And gone the way that old drunks go 匆匆那老醉鬼走的路

But I'd still like to sit me down 但我还是喜欢坐在我失望

Talk to my old friend, Abner Brown 跟我的老朋友，押尼珥布朗

   

Abner Brown, I wish 押尼珥布朗，我希望

I thank the Lord for making Abner Brown 我感谢主，让押尼珥布朗