I took a long, long trip to the city 我花了很长很长的旅行城市

I was determined to get somewhere 我下定决心要得到的地方

I spent all my hard earned money 我花了我所有的辛苦赚来的钱

I had saved to put me there 我已经保存到把我有

   

Big bayou where did you go 你去哪里了大河口

To the river that's running slow 对河流的运行速度慢

and to the Gulf of Mexico 和墨西哥湾

Big bayou carry me home 大河口带我回家

   

I took a cotton picking job in Memphis 我花了棉花采摘工作在孟菲斯

And the people there treated me good 而且那里的人对我很好

But my luck run bad in Nashville 不过，我的运气在纳什维尔跑坏

I had to walked the streets of Hollywood 我不得不走了好莱坞的街头

   

Big bayou where did you go 你去哪里了大河口

To the river that's running slow 对河流的运行速度慢

into the Gulf of Mexico 进入墨西哥湾

Big bayou carry me home 大河口带我回家

   

Oh Lord I'm going home 哦，上帝，我要回家了

Where the fish jump in the air 其中鱼跳在空中

You know I don't need a lot of money 你知道，我并不需要很多钱

Cause I ain't going nowhere 因为我不是无处可去

   

Big bayou where did you go 你去哪里了大河口

To the river that's running slow 对河流的运行速度慢

into the Gulf of Mexico 进入墨西哥湾

Big bayou carry me home 大河口带我回家

   

Big bayou carry me home 大河口带我回家

To the river that's running slow 对河流的运行速度慢

into the Gulf of Mexico 进入墨西哥湾

Big bayou where did you go 你去哪里了大河口

   

I'm gonna catch a southbound 我要赶上向南

train home one of these days 火车回家这些日子之一