Once I knew a pretty girl 有一次，我认识一个漂亮的女孩

I loved her as my life 我爱她，我的生活

I'd gladly give my heart and hand 我很乐意把我的心脏和手

To make her my wife 为了让她老婆

Ooh, to make her my wife 哦，让她老婆

   

She took me by the hand 她拉着我的手

She led me to the door 她领我到门口

She put her arms around me 她把我身边的武器

Saying, "Please don't come no more" 他说：“请不来没有更多的”

Ooh, Please, come no more 噢，请进来不多

   

Well, I'd not been gone 好吧，我不是已经走了

But about six months 但约半年

When she did complain 当她抱怨

And she wrote me a letter 她给我写了一封信

Saying, "please come back again." 他说：“请再回来。 ”

Ooh, Please, come again 哦，拜托，再来

   

So I sent her an answer 于是我给她发了一个答案

Just for to let her know 只是为了让她知道

That no young man should venture 那个年轻人不应该冒险

Where once he could not go 在那里，一旦他不能去

Ooh, Where once he could not go. 哦，如果一旦他不能去。

   

So come all you young lovers 这样一来你年轻的恋人

Take a warning from me 采取警告从我

And never hang your affections 永不挂你的感情

On a green, growing tree 一个绿色，生长的树

Ooh, on a green, growing tree 哦，对绿色，生长的树

   

For the leaves they will wither 对于叶子就会枯萎

Roots will decay 根部会腐烂

And the beauty of a young girl 和一个年轻女孩的美

Will soon fade away 即将消逝

Ooh, will soon fade away 哦，很快就会消逝