I am a lonesome hobo 我是一个孤独的流浪汉

Without family or friends 如果没有家人或朋友

Where another man's life might begin 凡另一个人的生命可能开始

That's exactly where mine ends 这正是雷结束

I have tried my hand at bribery 我已经试过了我的手，在行贿

Blackmail and deceit 敲诈和欺骗

And I've served time for ev'rything 我已经服时间evrything

'Cept begging on the street. 概念在街上乞讨。

   

Well, once I was rather prosperous 那么，一旦我非常繁荣

There was nothing I did lack 有什么我没有做

I had fourteen-karat gold in my mouth 我有14克拉黄金在我嘴里

And silk upon my back 而在我背上的丝绸

But I did not trust my brother 但我不相信我的兄弟

I carried him to blame 我给他惹的祸

Which led me to my fatal doom 害得我到我的致命厄运

To wander off in shame. 在耻辱神游物外。

   

Kind ladies and kind gentlemen 种女士们，先生们那种

Soon I will be gone 不久，我将离开

But let me just warn you all 但让我提醒你所有

Before I do pass on: 在我做的传递：

Stay free from petty jealousies 可免费从小心眼

Live by no man's code 通过无人住的代码

And hold your judgement for yourself 并保持你的判断力为自己

Lest you wind up on his road. 免得你风对他的路。