'Po Folks Christmas - Bill Anderson (比尔·安德森)
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There's a whole lotta people
这世上有很多人
Lookin' down their noses at me
都轻视于我
Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family
只因我并非来自富裕家庭
I guess I learned to take it for most of the year
我想，大部分时间我已经学会接受这事实
But every December when Christmas drew near
当每一个圣诞临近的十二月
And all the other families were out spreadin'
所有的家庭都外出撒播欢乐
Cheer we was sittin' home being po' folks
我们穷人只是待在家里
Our Christmas shopping was thumblin'
我们的圣诞购物
Through the new catalog
只是用手指翻过新品目录
Lookin' and a wishin' and a wantin' everything we saw
看着，期盼着，渴望着眼前所见的一切
Little toy trains and little toy boats and sister
迷你玩具火车，小玩具船
Kept lookin' at the little girl's coats
姐妹们看着小女孩的外套
We all sat down and wrote Santa a note
我们都坐下来，给圣诞老人留言
But Santa don't come to see po' folks
但圣诞老人不会来看望穷人
And we wadn't nothing but po' folks
我们只是穷人而已
Po' folks livin' way in the country we never
我们穷人活在从未听过
Heard the jingle of the jingle bells
铃铛叮当作响的国度
Ho ho ho we was po po po' and if we had
呵呵呵，我们是穷人
Christmas well we just made it ourselves
我们用自己的方式过好圣诞节
Daddy took a hatchet and daddy chopped a pine tree down
爸爸拿着短柄小斧，砍倒一颗松树
The only decorations were the ones we made or found
唯一的装饰由我们自己制作，要么就是捡来的
Brother saw some holly in the rich men's yard
在某个富人的院子里，哥哥看到一些冬青树
He picked it up fast and ran home hard
他迅速捡起来，跑回家
And mama knew he stole it but bless
妈妈知道这是偷来的，仍不加责怪
Her heart Christmas ain't easy on po' folks
她心里的圣诞节，对穷人来说并不容易
And it ain't no time for whipping po' folks
没有时间再斥责穷人了
I remember one Christmas it was blowing
我记得一个寒风呼啸
And a snowing mean
大雪纷飞的圣诞节
Wadn't nothing in the kitchen
厨房里除了妈妈自制的豆子罐头
But a few of mama's homecanned beans
什么也没有
Some ladies from the church brought a basket of food
一些教堂的修女带来一篮子食物
Mama kinda smiled and she said that's good
妈妈脸上露出些许微笑，她说，太好了
But all just take it to
却带着这些食物
The folks that live down the road
走到街角的穷人家
They ain't got as much as we do huh why they're just po' folks
他们连我们也不如，哈，为何他们只是穷人
She only kept a chicken and enough to
她只留下一些
Make some homemade bread
够做自制面包的鸡肉
But you'd've thought we was feastin' from
你以为我们只是享受
The blessings that my daddy said
爸爸说出祝福之后
And later when kids was tucked in tight
孩子们就蜷缩在一起
And the fire wadn't nothin' but a flickering light
炉火不过是摇曳的小火苗
You oughta heard my mama sing Silent Night
你应该听听我妈妈唱的平安夜之歌
Cause that's what you do when you're po' folks
因为如果你是穷人，那就是你所做的一切
And we wadn't nothin' but po' folks
我们只是穷人而已
Christmas time when you're po' folks
圣诞时节，如果你是穷人
The Lord sure must've loved us po' folks
上帝肯定爱着我们穷人
Ha ha he made a passel of us
哈哈哈，他造就了大批的我们
Everybody at my house was po' folks
所有在我家里的都是穷人
Why most of the time we was po'
为何大多数时候我们都那么贫穷
We couldn't even pay attention mercy
我们甚至无法去怜悯别人
Christmas time when you're po' folks
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