The corn was dry, the weeds were high when Daddy took to drinkin' 玉米干，杂草很高，当爸爸上街喝酒​​“

Then him and Lucy Walker, they took up and run away 然后，他和露西·沃克，他们就起来逃跑

Mama cried a tear and then she promised fourteen children 妈妈哭了眼泪，然后她答应了十四个孩子

I swear you'll never see a hungry day. 我发誓你永远不会看到一个饥饿的日子。

   

When mama sacrificed her pride the neighbours started talkin' 当妈妈牺牲了自己的骄傲，邻居开始谈

But I was much too young to understand a thing they said 但我太年轻，不懂的事情，他们说

The things that mattered most of all was Mama's chicken dumplin's 要紧最重要的事情是妈妈的鸡dumplin的

And a goodnight kiss before we went to bed. 和我们之前晚安吻就上床了。

   

Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin 哦，路径是又深又宽的脚步，导致我们的小屋

Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp 上面的门那里烧了猩红色灯

And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger 而在深夜一只手将敲有会站在陌生人

Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp. 是的，我是山核桃喊叫的流浪汉的儿子。

   

When daddy left and destitution came upon our family 当爸爸离开和赤贫来到我们的家庭

Not one neighbour volunteered to give a helpin' hand 没有一个邻居自愿放弃，助人为乐

So let 'em gossip all they want, she loved us and she raised us 因此，让时间闲话所有他们想要的，她爱我们，她养我们

The proof is standin' here, a full grown man. 证据是站在在这里，一个完整的成年男子。

   

Last summer Mama passed away and left the ones who loved her 去年夏天，妈妈去世了，谁爱她的人留下

Each and every one was more than grateful for their birth 每个人都为他们的出生超过感激

Each Sunday she receives a fresh bouquet of fourteen roses 每个星期天，她收到一束新鲜的玫瑰花14

And a card that says The greatest Mom on earth. 和一个卡片，上面写着地球上最伟大的妈妈。

   

Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin 哦，路径是又深又宽的脚步，导致我们的小屋

Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp 上面的门那里烧了猩红色灯

And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger 而在深夜一只手将敲有会站在陌生人

Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp. 是的，我是山核桃喊叫的流浪汉的儿子。

   

Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin 哦，路径是又深又宽的脚步，导致我们的小屋

Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp 上面的门那里烧了猩红色灯

And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger 而在深夜一只手将敲有会站在陌生人

Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp. 是的，我是山核桃喊叫的流浪汉的儿子。

   

Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin 哦，路径是又深又宽的脚步，导致我们的小屋

Above the door there burned a scarlet... 上面的门那里烧了猩红色...