Easter day was a holiday 复活节那天放假

Of all days of the year, 一年的所有日子里，

And all the little schoolfellows went out to play 和所有的小校友出去玩

But Sir William was not there. 但威廉爵士是不存在。

   

Mamma went to the School wife house 妈妈去学校老婆房子

And knocked at the ring, 敲了敲环，

Saying, "Little Sir William, if you are there, 他说， “小威廉爵士，如果你在那里，

Pray let your mother in." 请你告诉你的母亲。 “

   

The School wife open'd the door and said: 学校的妻子opend门说：

"He is not here today. “他今天不在这里。

He is with the little schoolfellows out on the green 他是与小校友列于绿色

Playing some pretty play." 玩一些漂亮的发挥。 “

   

Mamma went to the Boyne water 妈妈去了博伊恩水

That is so wide and deep, 之所以如此，是广泛而深刻的，

Saying, "Little Sir William, if you are there, 他说， “小威廉爵士，如果你在那里，

Oh pity your mother's weep." 哦，可惜你母亲的哭泣。 “

   

"How can I pity your weep, mother, “哪有我真可怜你哭泣，母亲，

And I so long in pain? 我这么久的痛苦呢？

For the little pen knife sticks close to my heart 对于小笔刀坚持贴近我的心脏

And the School wife hath me slain. 和学校新妇我杀了。

   

"Go home, go home, my mother dear, “回家，回家，我亲爱的妈妈，

And prepare my winding sheet, 并准备我的裹尸布，

For tomorrow morning before eight o'clock, 明天早上八点前，

You with my body shall meet. 你用我的身体，应当符合。

   

"And lay my Prayer Book at my head, “而且把我的祈祷书，在我的头上，

And my grammar at my feet, 和我的语法在我的脚下，

That all the little schoolfellows as they pass by 这一切都因为他们通过这个小校友

May read them for my sake." 可以阅读他们为我着想。 “