When Papa Played the Dobro - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

My papa was a hobo when they delivered me

当他们释放我的时候我的爸爸是个流浪汉

We didn't have a doctor 'cause he couldn't pay the fee

我们没有医生，因为支付不起费用

But when the goin' got too bad to ease his misery

但当情况变得更糟时，他的悲伤有所平息

Papa played the Dobro this way and he'd go

爸爸弹奏冬不拉，然后死去了

When company would come around he kept the Dobro hid

当人们来到时，他将冬不拉藏起来

He knew he couldn't play the way the other players did

他知道他不能这样弹奏了

Why the guitar's resonator was a gallon bucket lid

为什么吉他的共鸣器是一个桶盖

But papa played the Dobro this way and he'd go

爸爸弹奏冬不拉，然后死去了

Well now that papa's gone away it's hanging by the flue

爸爸死去了，被挂在烟道上

The top of it's rusted and the strings are rusty too

上面生锈了，琴也生锈了

It won't ever sound the way that it did when it was new

我从来没有听到这种声音

When papa played the Dobro this way and he'd go

爸爸弹奏冬不拉，然后死去了