Showboat coming up the river 演艺船来了河

See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze 看到她闪烁的灯笼在微风

I can hear the crickets singing in the evening 我能听见唱歌，晚上蟋蟀

Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees 老迪克西百合移动过去的柏树

   

My little boat she rocks easy 我的小船，她的岩石容易

I've been catching catfish in the creek all day 我已经一整天捕捉鲶鱼在小溪

Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats 哦，我从来没有见过像女装上的那些大帆船

Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way 一定是看中了养殖可以让你这样的生活

   

Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady 迪克西百合，红红火火像一个盛大的老太太

Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun 闸阀在正午的阳光打主场

Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing 通过与您的口哨吹的水犁

Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run 将羽绒服从路易斯安那州的维克斯堡运行

   

Papa says that I'm a dreamer 爸爸说，我是一个梦想家

Says them skeetas bit me one too many times 说他们skeetas咬我太多次

Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river 哦，但我从来没有孤单的生活在河上

Watching old Lily leave the world behind 看老莉莉离开这个世界的背后