I been lookin for my old man 我一直在看着我的老男人

I can't find him nowhere 我找不到他无处

I think I'll go Chicago 我想我会去芝加哥

And look around over there 走一走，看一看那边

   

If I can't find him 如果我不能找到他

Go back on the river and sit right down 回到河，右倒坐

That man keep a worryin' poor me 那人保持worryin “可怜的我

I'm gonna jump overboard and drown 我会跳落水淹死

   

My man, he come sit down 我的男人，他来坐下

He come sit down right beside me 他来坐在我的右旁

He said: "Would be good, Mama 他说：“会好的，妈妈

If you just come with me" 如果你只是跟我来“

   

And I go with my baby 我和我的宝贝

What man like a woman with a sassy child 什么样的男人喜欢一个女人与一个时髦的孩子

I won't have to ask him no questions 我不会问他任何问题，

Man, because he knows the reason why 男人，因为他知道为什么

   

I feel so disgusted 我觉得很反感

I don't know what to do 我不知道该怎么办

I think I'll go uptown 我想我会去上城

Try to find me somethin' new 试着找我事端新

   

Meet a man with a Cadillac 满足一个男人与凯迪拉克

Whoah man, and plenty money too 哇人，很多钱呢

I won't have to wake up 我不会醒来

Early in the mornin' 早在清晨

'Cause I won't have nothin' 因为我不会有没什么

In the world to do 在世界上做