It took a mighty good man with salty hands 花了一个强大的好人与咸手

And a mighty long raft to keep the fore before the act 和一个强大的长筏保持脱颖而出的行为之前，

You take ten good men and guts and luck 你拿10好男胆量和运气

And you might navigate the whirl and the suck 你可能浏览的漩涡和吸

   

Well the Tennessee River changed its mind at Chattanooga she oughta unwind 以及田纳西河改变了主意，在查塔努加，她现在应该放松

She could a run right on the Georgia Sea but she cut right back through Tennessee 她可以对格鲁吉亚海上运行的权利，但她右切回至美国田纳西州

Well the settlers come by raft and boat bringin' everything that could stay a float 好得的木筏和小船定居bringin 一切可以留一个浮动

But like a loco horse that'll twist and buck 但是，像一宗马会扭曲和降压

They hardly ever made it through the whirl and the suck 他们几乎没有做它通过漩涡和吸

   

It took a mighty good man... 花了一个强大的好人......

   

When General Washington was in his knicker bocks 当华盛顿将军在他的knicker bocks

The Cherokee Indians through the Chattanooga Rocks 经查塔努加岩石切诺基印第安人

And the Chickamagua tribe and the Nickajack 而Chickamagua部落和Nickajack

They kept the watch where the river cut back 他们把那里的河流削减手表

And if a raft or a boat ever rode the bend 如果一个木筏或小船骑过弯道

The Indians got 'em cause they had 'em hemmed in 印度人有时间的原因，他们已经时间裹足不前

   

It took a mighty good man... 花了一个强大的好人......