Ladies of the Garden Club say 花园俱乐部的女士们说，

His home is just a disgrace to the town 他的家仅仅是一个耻辱镇

If the mayor wants re-elected 如果市长要连任

He'd better pass some laws and tear it down. 他最好通过一些法律和撕裂下来。

   

They wanna' cover it with flowers 他们想要掩盖它的花

Maybe even plant some Dogwood trees 甚至一些种植山茱萸树

I guess that they've forgotten when we were kids 我想，他们已经忘了当我们还是孩子

What that place used to be. 曾经被认为是那个地方。

   

I know it's just a shanty now 我知道这只是一个简陋的现在

But Lord that place was built with human tears 但主那个地方建了人的眼泪

For it's the home of Uncle Lem 对于它的莱姆叔叔之家

Who was born and raised and lived there ninety years. 谁是出生和长大，并在那里生活九十年。

   

There's not a boy in this ole' town 有没有一个男孩在这个OLE 镇

That had'nt stopped for water at his well 这hadnt他也停了水

Or sat on his porch in the evenin' 或者坐在他的evenin 门廊

And listened to the stories that he'd tell. 并听取了故事，他会告诉。

   

His hair was the color of cottonfields 他的头发是cottonfields的颜色

And his skin was old and brown 他的皮肤是老布朗

And he was born in that rundown shack 他出生在那个破旧的窝棚

Before there was a town. 之前有一个小镇。

   

He bought that shack and piece of earth 他买了窝棚和片大地

For the highest price you'd pay 对于最高价你付出

His Mom was bought and sold there 他的妈妈被买来卖去

Uncle Lem was born a slave. 莱姆叔叔出生在一个奴隶。

   

[Spoken:] [口语： ]

The mayor and some ladies of the Garden Club went out to that old shack 市长和一些女士的花园俱乐部出去的旧窝棚

To tell Uncle Lem that he'd have to find another place to live 告诉莱姆叔叔，他不得不找住另一个地方

But they found him there in that old broken down rockin' chair and on an 但他们发现他在那个旧细分摇滚椅子上

old brown paper sack thay found his will. Now I wanna leave my old 旧牛皮纸袋大公找到了他的意志。现在，我要离开我的老

shotgun to the fine mayor of this town for I remember when he was just 猎枪到这个小镇的精致市长，我记得当时他还只是

a little fella' he used to follow me around. Lord, I wish I had more to 一个小家伙“ ，他用跟在我身边。主啊，我希望我有更多的

leave to my friends that I love, but, Lord, all I've got's this old shack and 离开我的朋友，我的爱，但是，主啊，我的一切的这个旧窝棚和

piece of earth and I want it to go to the ladies of the Garden Club. 片大地，我希望它去花园俱乐部的女士们。

   

[Sang:] [桑： ]

His hair was the color of cottonfields 他的头发是cottonfields的颜色

And his skin was old and brown 他的皮肤是老布朗

And he was born in that rundown shack 他出生在那个破旧的窝棚

Before there was a town. 之前有一个小镇。

   

He bought that shack and piece of earth 他买了窝棚和片大地

For the highest price you'd pay 对于最高价你付出

His Mom was bought and sold there 他的妈妈被买来卖去

Uncle Lem was born a slave. 莱姆叔叔出生在一个奴隶。

   

His Mom was bought and sold there 他的妈妈被买来卖去

Uncle Lem was born a slave... 莱姆叔叔出生的奴隶......