Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, 现在，我教的垂柳怎么哭，

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. 而且我发现云如何掩盖清澈的蓝天。

And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. 而且，我哭了那个女人的眼泪，因为我的洪水，你大河。

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. 然后，我会坐在这里，直到我死。

   

I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). 我见到她无意中在圣保罗（明尼苏达州） 。

And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl. 而且每次我听到了她的拉长，拉长南部时撕毁了我。

Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport, 然后我听到达文波特我的梦想是回到下游cavortin ，

And I followed you, Big River, when you called. 我跟着你，大河，当你调用。

   

Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river). 然后，你带我去圣路易斯以后（顺流而下） 。

A freighter said she's been here 货轮说，她一直在这里

But she's gone, boy, she's gone. 但是她走了，男孩，她走了。

I found her trail in Memphis, 我发现她的踪迹在孟菲斯，

But she just walked up the block. 但她刚走到块。

She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone. 她提出了一些眉毛，然后她就下来一个人。

   

Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, 现在，你会不会被巴吞鲁日连击下来，

River Queen, roll it on. 女王河，滚上。

Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans. 就拿那个女人上了新奥尔良，新奥尔良。

Go on, I've had enough; 来吧，我已经受够了;

Dump my blues down in the gulf. 我倾倒下来的蓝色的海湾。

She loves you, Big River, more than me. 她爱你，大河，不止我一个。

   

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, 现在，我教的垂柳怎么哭，

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. 而且我发现云如何掩盖清澈的蓝天。

And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. 而且，我哭了那个女人的眼泪，因为我的洪水，你大河。

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. 然后，我会坐在这里，直到我死。