the old man

The Old Man - Kate Rusby
There was an old man who lived in a wood
森林裡住著一位老人
As you can plainly see
你一眼便可以望見
He said he could do as much work in a day
他說他一天干的活兒
As his wife could do in three
做夠他的老伴幹上三天
With all my heart the woman she said
她老伴說你說話怎麼不憑良心
If that's what you will allow
如果你覺得可以的話
Tomorrow you'll stay at home in my stead
明天你代替我呆在家裡
And I go drive the plough
我去耕地
But you must milk our Tidy the cow
你得給那隻叫泰迪的奶牛擠奶
For fear she will go dry
不然就擠不出來了
You must feed the littlest pigs
小豬也由你來餵
That are within the sty
它們被關在豬圈
And you must mind the speckled hen
你也要留意那隻斑點母雞
For fear she'll lay away
不然它把蛋下在了別處
And then you must reel the spool of yarn
然後你還要把棉線捲成一團
That I spun yesterday
我昨天剛紡出來的
The woman she took up her staff in her hand
他的老伴打點好一切
And she went to drive the plough
真出去耕地了
The old man took up a pale in his hand
老人也拿著瓢
And he went to milk the cow
擠牛奶去了
But Tidy hinched and Tidy flinched
但是泰迪不肯就範扭扭捏捏
And Tidy broke his nose
泰迪弄傷了他的鼻子
And Tidy she gave to him such a big blow
泰迪讓他乘奶的碗什麼也沒有
The poor man took to his toes
可憐的老人灰頭土臉
Hi Tidy home Tidy
泰迪啊快回家去
Tidy thou stand still
泰迪一動不動
If ever I'm ill be tidy again
要是讓我再服侍一次泰迪
Be sore against my will
我非瘋了不可
He went to feed the little pigs
他餵豬去了
That were within the sty
小豬都在豬圈裡
He hit his big head upon a thick beam
他用大棒子打它們的腦袋
And he made his red blood fly
小豬們鮮血飛濺
He went to find the speckledy hen
他又找斑點母雞去了
For fear she'dlay astray
以免它把蛋下在外面
Forgot to reel the spool of yarn
可還是把捲線的事忘了
His wife spun yesterday
他的老伴昨天紡好的線
He swore by the sun the moon the stars
老人對著太陽月亮星星
The green leaves on the tree
對著樹上的樹葉說道
If his wife didn' t do a days work in her life
要不是他的老伴代替他乾了一天的活
She won't be ruled by he
他現在還會覺得老伴不如他呢
There was an old man who lived in a wood
森林裡住著一位老人
As you can plainly see
你一眼便可以望見
He said he could do as much work in a day
他說他一天干的活兒
As his wife could do in three
做夠他的老伴幹上三天
With all my heart the woman she said
她老伴說你說話怎麼不憑良心
If that's what you will allow
如果你覺得可以的話
Tomorrow you'll stay at home in my stead
明天你代替我呆在家裡
And I go drive the plough
我去耕地