Come and gather 'round me people 快来收集“我周围的人

And a tale to you I'll tell 和一个故事给你，我会告诉

Of my father and his father 我的父亲和他的父亲

In the days before the spill 在漏油事件前的日子

With an endless sky above 'em 用无尽的天空之上时间

And a restless sea below 以下骚动不安的大海

And every blessin' flowing from the Gulf of Mexico 每blessin 从墨西哥湾流

   

From my Granddad with the shrimp boats 从我爷爷的捕虾船

From the time that he was grown 从他成长的时间

And he scrimped and saved and bought himself 他省吃俭用，买了

A trawler of his own 他自己的拖网渔船

He was rough and he was ready 他很粗糙，他已经准备好

And he drank when he was home 他也喝了，当他回家

And he made his family's living on the Gulf of Mexico 他用他的家庭生活在墨西哥湾

   

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜

Past the deep blue water 过去的深蓝色水

He was rolling 他被轧

   

Well my Daddy drove a crew boat 那么我的爸爸开着船船员

Hauling workers to the rigs 拖工人钻机

He was sick of mending nets 他病了修补渔网

And couldn't stand the smell of fish 而无法忍受鱼腥味

He drew a steady paycheck 他画了一个稳定的工资收入

20 years at Texico 20年Texico

When he died they spread his ashes 当他死了，他们散布他的骨灰

On the Gulf of Mexico 在墨西哥湾

   

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜

Past the deep green water 过去的深绿色的水

He was rolling 他被轧

   

As for me, I think of nothing 至于我，我觉得没什么

Any grander than the day 比任何一天宏大

That I stepped out on the drillin' floor 我走出对drillin “地板

To earn a roughneck's pay 为了赚取钻工的工资

   

Then one night I swear I saw the devil 后来有一天晚上，我发誓我看到了魔鬼

Crawlin' from the hole 从孔Crawlin

And he spilled the guts of hell out in the Gulf of Mexico 他泼了地狱的胆量在墨西哥湾

   

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜

'Cross the blood red water “越过血红色的水

We were rolling 我们滴溜溜