In cuttin and haulin in frost and in snow 在cuttin和haulin霜和雪

we're up against troubles that few people know 我们遇上了麻烦，很少有人知道

It's only by courage and patience and grit 这是只有勇气和耐心和砂砾

and eatin plain food that we keep ourselves fit 和eatin普通的食物，我们保持健康

The hard and the easy we take as they come 硬而容易，我们需要他们来

and when ponds freeze over we shorten our runs 当池塘结冰，我们缩短了运行

to hurry my haulin with spring coming on 快点我haulin与春天来临

I near lost me a mare out on Tickle Cove Pond í附近丢失了我的母马出来痒痒湾塘

   

Lay hold William Oldford, lay hold William White 拉住威廉Oldford ，持威廉·怀特

Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might 拉住了绳索和拉你所有的力量

Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can 拉住了布林和拉都可以

And give me a lift with poor Kit on the pond 并给我一个升降机上塘套件差

   

I knew that the ice grew weaker each day 我知道冰每天增长疲软

But still took the risk and kept haulin away 但还是承担了风险，并保持haulin走

One evening in April bound home with a load 一天晚上，在四月份的约束在家带负载

my mare showed some halting against the ice road 我的马表现出对冰雪路面的一些停止

She knew more than I did as matters turned out 她知道的比我做的事情变成了

Been lucky for me had I joined her in doubt 很幸运我有我怀疑她的加盟

She turned round her head with tears in her eyes 她转过身她的头，泪水在她的眼里

As if she were sayin "You're risking our lives" 就好像她是在说：“你冒着我们的生活”

   

All this I ignored with a wip handle blow 这些我都忽略了WIP手柄打击

For man is a stupid dumb creature you know 因为人是你知道一个愚蠢的愚蠢的生物

And the very next moment the pond gave a sigh 而就在下一刻池塘叹了口气

and up to our necks went poor Kitty and I 并达到我们的脖子去可怜小猫，我

   

Lay hold William Oldford, lay hold William White 拉住威廉Oldford ，持威廉·怀特

Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might 拉住了绳索和拉你所有的力量

Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can 拉住了布林和拉都可以

And give me a lift with poor Kit on the pond 并给我一个升降机上塘套件差

   

And if I had taken wise Kitty's advice 如果我采取了明智的Kitty的意见

I ne'er would have made that short cut on the ice í游手好闲会作出短切冰

Poor creature she's dead, poor creature she's gone 可怜的人，她已经死了，可怜的生物，她走了

I'll ne'er get my mare out of Tickle Cove Pond 我从不曾让我的马出来痒痒湾塘

   

I raised an alarm you could hear for a mile 我养你可以听到一英里报警

and neighbours showed up in a very short while 和邻居出现了在很短的时

You can always rely on the Oldfords and Whites 你总是可以依靠Oldfords和白人

To render assistance in all your bad plights 呈现在你所有的坏困援助

To help a kind neighbour is part of their lives 为了帮助有种邻居是他们生活的一部分

The same can be said for their children and wives 同样可以为自己的孩子和妻子说

And with the rope fastened around the mare's breast 并用绳子系在母马的乳房

William White for a shanty song made a request 威廉·怀特在一个简陋的歌提出的要求

There was no time for thinkin no time for delay 有没有时间想着没有时间延迟

Straight from his heart came this song right away 直接从他的心脏来到这首歌的时候了

   

Lay hold William Oldford, lay hold William White 拉住威廉Oldford ，持威廉·怀特

Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might 拉住了绳索和拉你所有的力量

Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can 拉住了布林和拉都可以

And give me a lift with poor Kit on the pond 并给我一个升降机上塘套件差

   

Lay hold William Oldford, lay hold William White 拉住威廉Oldford ，持威廉·怀特

Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might 拉住了绳索和拉你所有的力量

Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can 拉住了布林和拉都可以

And with that we took Kit out of Tickle Cove Pond 与我们拿了包出去痒痒湾塘