Rambling out of the wild west 东拉西扯了西部荒野

Leaving the towns I love best 让我爱最好的城市

Thought I'd seen some ups and down 想我看到了一些起伏，下

'Till I come into New York town “直到我来到纽约的小镇

People going down to the ground 人们会倒在地上

Building going up to the sky. 大楼拔地而起天空。

   

Wintertime in New York town 冬季在纽约城里

The wind blowing snow around 风吹雪身边

Walk around with nowhere to go 逛完无处可去

Somebody could freeze right to the bone 有人可能会冻结权骨

I froze right to the bone 我愣权利骨

New York Times said it was the coldest winter in seventeen years 纽约时报说，这是最寒冷的冬天民国十七年

I didn't feel so cold then. 我不觉得那么冷呢。

   

I swung on to my old guitar ì摆在我的旧吉他

Grabbed hold of a subway car 抓住了一个地铁车厢

And after a rocking, reeling, rolling ride 和摇摆，缫丝，轧后坐

I landed up on the downtown side: 我登陆了就闹的一面：

Greenwich Village. 格林尼治村。

   

I walked down there and ended up 我走到那里，结束了

In one of them coffee-houses on the block 在块上的其中一个咖啡屋

Got on the stage to sing and play 得到了在舞台上唱歌，弹

Man there said, Come back some other day 还有人说，回来有一天

You sound like a hillbilly 你听起来像一个乡巴佬

We want folksingers here. 我们希望folksingers这里。

   

Well, I got a harmonica job begun to play 好吧，我有开始玩口琴工作

Blowing my lungs out for a dollar a day 吹我的肺出了一美元

I blowed inside out and upside down í里面炸飞出来，倒挂

The man there said he loved my sound 该男子没有说他爱我的声音

He was raving about he loved my sound 他被热烈讨论，他爱我的声音

Dollar a day's worth. 每天1美元的价值。

   

After weeks and weeks of hanging around 游逛了数周后

I finally got a job in New York town 我终于在纽约城里工作

In a bigger place, bigger money too 在一个更大的地方，更大的钱呢

Even joined the Union and paid my dues. 甚至加入了联盟，并付了会费。

   

Now, a very great man once said 现在，一个很伟大的人曾经说过：

That some people rob you with a fountain pen 有人抢你用钢笔

It don't take too long to find out 它并不需要太长时间，找出

Just what he was talking about 正是他在说什么

A lot of people don't have much food on their table 很多人并不在他们的桌子有很多的食物

But they got a lot of forks and knives 但他们得到了很多刀叉的

And they gotta cut something. 他们得切的东西。

   

So one morning when the sun was warm 所以，有一天早晨，当太阳很温暖

I rambled out of New York town 我这么漫无目的地从纽约城

Pulled my cap down over my eyes 把我的帽子下来了我的眼睛

And heated out for the western skies 加热到西部的天空

So long New York 只要纽约

Howdy, East Orange. 你好，东奥兰治。