When I was a lad in a fishing town 当我在一个渔镇一个小伙子

Me old man said to me: 我老头对我说：

"You can spend your life, your jolly life “你可以用你的生命，你的快乐生活

Just sailing on the sea. 只是在大海上航行。

You can search the world for pretty girls 您可以搜索世界上的漂亮女孩

Til your eyes are weak and dim, 直到你的眼睛是软弱和暗淡，

But don't go searching for a mermaid, son 但是，不要去寻找一条美人鱼，儿子

If you don't know how to swim" 如果你不知道如何游泳“

'Cause her hair was green as seaweed “令她的头发是绿色的海藻

Her skin was blue and pale 她的皮肤是蓝色和淡

Her face it was a work of art, 她的脸是一件艺术品，

I loved that girl with all my heart 我喜欢的女孩，我所有的心脏

But I only liked the upper part 但我只喜欢上部

I did not like the tail 我不喜欢的尾巴

   

I signed onto a sailing ship 我签上一艘帆船

My very first day at sea 我在海上的第一天

I seen the Mermaid in the waves, 我已经看到了美人鱼的海浪，

Reaching out to me 伸手给我

"Come live with me in the sea said she, “来和我一起住在海边，她说，

Down on the ocean floor 倒在洋底

And I'll show you a million wonderous things 我会告诉你一百万奇妙的事情

You've never seen before 你以前从来没见过

So over I jumped and she pulled me down, 所以，在我跳起来，她把我拉下来，

Down to her seaweed bed 顺着她的海草床

On a pillow made of a tortoise-shell 在做了龟甲的枕头

She placed beneath my head 她把我的头下方

She fed me shrimp and caviar 她给我的虾和鱼子酱

Upon a silver dish 在银碟

From her head to her waist it was just my taste 从她的头上来了她的腰，这只是我的口味

But the rest of her was a fish 但她其余的全是鱼

'Cause ... 因为...

   

But then one day, she swam away 可是有一天，她游走了

So I sang to the clams and the whales 所以我唱的蛤蜊和鲸鱼

"Oh, how I miss her seaweed hair “哦，我是多么想她的头发海藻

And the silver shine of her scales 而她的鳞片银光闪耀

But then her sister, she swam by 但后来她的妹妹，她游了

And set my heart awhirl 并把我的心脏awhirl

Cause her upper part was an ugly fish 导致她的上半部分是一个丑陋的鱼

But her bottom part was a girl 但她的底部是个女孩

Yes her hair was green as seaweed 是她的头发是绿色的海藻

Her skin was blue and pale 她的皮肤是蓝色和淡

Her legs they are a work of art, 她的腿，他们是一个艺术作品，

I loved that girl with all my heart 我喜欢的女孩，我所有的心脏

And I don't give a damn about the upper part 我不给对上部该死

Cause that's how I get my tail. 原因这就是我得到我的尾巴。