She went upstairs to make her bed 她上楼，让她的床

And not one word to her mother said. 而不是一个字对她妈妈说。

Her mother she went upstairs too 她的母亲，她上楼太

Saying, "Daughter, oh daughter, what's troublin' you?": 他说， “女儿，女儿啊，有什么troublin 吗？” ：

"Oh mother, oh mother, I cannot tell “哦，妈妈，哦，妈妈，我不能告诉

That railroad boy that I love so well. 该铁路的男孩，我爱得那么好。

He courted me my life away 他拉拢我，我的卖身契

And now at home will no longer stay." 现在在家里将不再停留“ 。

"There is a place in yonder town “有在那边镇上的地方

Where my love goes and he sits him down. 在哪里我的爱去与他坐在他失望。

And he takes that strange girl on his knee 他把那个奇怪的女孩在他的膝盖

And he tells to her what he won't tell me." 他告诉她他不会告诉我的。 “

Her father he came home from work 她的父亲，他下班回家

Sayin', "Where is my daughter, she seems so hurt" 言谈， “哪里是我的女儿，她似乎很受伤”

He went upstairs to give her hope 他上楼给她的希望

An' he found her hangin' by a rope. 一个“他发现她犹豫不决，被一根绳子。

He took his knife and he cut her down 他把他的刀，他打断了她下来

And on her bosom these words he found: 并在她的怀里说着，他发现：

"Go dig my grave both wide and deep, “去挖我的坟墓既宽又深，

Put a marble stone at my head and feet, 把大理石在我的头和脚，

And on my breast, put a snow white dove 而在我的乳房，把雪白的鸽子

To warn the world that I died of love. 警告说，我死了爱的世界。