I Know an Old Lady - Burl Ives (布勒·埃夫斯)

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一只苍蝇

I don't know why she swallowed the fly

我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一只蜘蛛

That wriggled and jiggled

蜘蛛在她肚里

And tickled inside her

快速摇摆扭动

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

她吞下了一只蜘蛛 为了抓住那只苍蝇

But I don't know why she swallowed the fly

但我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a bird

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一只小鸟

How absurd to swallow a bird

吞下一只小鸟 多么荒谬

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

她吞下了一只小鸟 为了抓住那只蜘蛛

That wriggled and jiggled

蜘蛛在她肚里

And tickled inside her

快速摇摆扭动

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

她吞下了一只蜘蛛 为了抓住那只苍蝇

But I don't know why she swallowed the fly

但我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一只小猫

Imagine that she swallowed a cat

想像一下 她竟然吞下了一只小猫

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird

她吞下了一只小猫 为了抓住那只小鸟

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

她吞下了一只小鸟 为了抓住那只蜘蛛

That wriggled and jiggled

蜘蛛在她肚里

And tickled inside her

快速摇摆扭动

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

她吞下了一只蜘蛛 为了抓住那只苍蝇

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

但我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a dog

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一只小狗

What a hog to swallow a dog

吞下一只小狗 多么可怕

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat

她吞下了一只小狗 为了抓住那只小猫

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird

她吞下了一只小猫 为了抓住那只小鸟

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

她吞下了一只小鸟 为了抓住那只蜘蛛

That wriggled and jiggled

蜘蛛在她肚里

And tickled inside her

快速摇摆扭动

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

她吞下了一只蜘蛛 为了抓住那只苍蝇

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

但我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a goat

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一只山羊

She just Opened her throat

她只是张大嘴巴

And down went the goat

吞下了一只山羊

She swallowed the goat to catch the dog

她吞下了一只山羊 为了抓住那只小狗

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat

她吞下了一只小狗 为了抓住那只小猫

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird

她吞下了一只小猫 为了抓住那只小鸟

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

她吞下了一只小鸟 为了抓住那只蜘蛛

That wriggled and jiggled

蜘蛛在她肚里

And tickled inside her

快速摇摆扭动

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

她吞下了一只蜘蛛 为了抓住那只苍蝇

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

但我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一头牛

I don't know how she swallowed the cow

我不知道她是如何吞下一头牛的

She swallowed the cow to catch the goat

她吞下了一头牛 为了抓住那只山羊

She swallowed the goat to catch the dog

她吞下了一只山羊 为了抓住那只小狗

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat

她吞下了一只小狗 为了抓住那只小猫

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird

她吞下了一只小猫 为了抓住那只小鸟

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

她吞下了一只小鸟 为了抓住那只蜘蛛

That wriggled and jiggled

蜘蛛在她肚里

And tickled inside her

快速摇摆扭动

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

她吞下了一只蜘蛛 为了抓住那只苍蝇

I don't know why she swallowed that fly

我不知道她为什么要把苍蝇吞下

Perhaps she'll die

也许她会就此逝去

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse

我认识一个老奶奶 她吞下了一匹马

She's die of course

她当然活不成了

I Know an Old Lady - Burl Ives