Well, I thought I'd go out to Tulsa 嗯，我想我会出去塔尔萨

And ride in a rodeo 而骑在圈地

Red beans and rice sure would be nice 红豆和大米肯定会很好

Back where the Mississippi River flows 回到原点密西西比河流

   

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg 这是一个很长的路要走回维克斯堡

Mississippi River is muddy and wide 密西西比河是泥泞和宽

But it don't seem like much 但它似乎并不像很多

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side 当甜蜜的路易斯安那州的另一边等着

   

Well, there's a lot of room up in Canada 嗯，有很多房间在加拿大

Where a man can catch his breath 凡一个人能赶上他的呼吸

But the men are bold and the women are cold 但男人们大胆的女人是冷

And you damn near freeze to death 而你已经快冻死

   

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg 这是一个很长的路要走回维克斯堡

Mississippi River is muddy and wide 密西西比河是泥泞和宽

But it don't seem like much 但它似乎并不像很多

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side 当甜蜜的路易斯安那州的另一边等着

   

There's pretty girls in Kansas City 有一个在堪萨斯城的漂亮女孩

And a man can have a ball 和一个男人可以有一个球

But the women in Ouachita Parish 但女性在沃希托教区

Drive a young man up the wall 开车一个年轻人了墙

   

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg 这是一个很长的路要走回维克斯堡

Mississippi River is muddy and wide 密西西比河是泥泞和宽

But it don't seem like much 但它似乎并不像很多

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side 当甜蜜的路易斯安那州的另一边等着

   

Well, I thought I'd go out to Tulsa 嗯，我想我会出去塔尔萨

And ride in a rodeo 而骑在圈地

Red beans and rice sure would be nice 红豆和大米肯定会很好

Back where the Mississippi River flows 回到原点密西西比河流

   

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg 这是一个很长的路要走回维克斯堡

Mississippi River is muddy and wide 密西西比河是泥泞和宽

But it don't seem like much 但它似乎并不像很多

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side 当甜蜜的路易斯安那州的另一边等着

   

'Cause it don't seem like much “原因看似不起眼它不

When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side 当甜蜜的路易斯安那州的另一边等着