Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson

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I was born about six thousand years ago

我出生于六千年前

They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know

这世上没有我不知道的事

I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter

我看见老国王法老的女儿

Find Little Moses on the water

寻找水上的小摩西

And I can whip the man that says it isn't so

我可以教训那个说事实并非如此的人

I saw Noah when he built that famous ark

我看见诺亚建造了那艘著名的方舟

I slipped into it one night when it got dark

一天晚上夜幕降临时我偷偷穿上了它

I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale

我看见乔纳被鲸鱼吞没

And I pulled the lion's tail

我拉着狮子的尾巴

I can whip the man that says it isn't so

我可以教训那个说事实并非如此的人

I'm an educated man

我是个受过教育的人

To get more sense within my head I plan

为了让我的脑袋更清醒我计划着

Well I've been on earth so long

我在这世上活了这么久

And I used to sing a little song

我曾经唱着小曲

While all of them old timers took their stand

那些老前辈表明了自己的立场

Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me

伊丽莎白女王深爱着我

(hee hee she did)

（嘻嘻她做到了）

We was married in Milwaukee secretly

我们在密尔沃基秘密结婚

Then I took her out and shook her

然后我带她出去尽情摇摆

And I went with General Hooker

To fight mosquitoes down in Tennessee

在田纳西与蚊子搏斗

I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller)

我教会了所罗门聪明的家伙

And through all his books

透过他的书

I tutored him with ease

我轻而易举地辅导了他

Then I sailed out on the bay

我在海湾上航行

With Methuselah one day

有一天和玛士撒拉一起

And I played with his

我玩弄他的感情

Flowing whiskers in the breeze

胡须在微风中飘动

I'm an educated man

我是个受过教育的人

To get more sense within my head I plan

为了让我的脑袋更清醒我计划着

Well I've been on earth so long

我在这世上活了这么久

And I used to sing a little song

我曾经唱着小曲

While all of them old timers took their stand

那些老前辈表明了自己的立场

I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er

我看见撒旦四处寻觅

(old booger)

（老鼻屎）

Saw Adam and Eve driven from the door

看见亚当和夏娃被赶出门外

When the applese they were eating

当他们吃苹果的时候

From the bushes I was a-peeping

我在草丛中窥探

I can prove it from the man that ate the core

我可以从一个吃了核的人身上证明

I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade

我看见该隐用铁锹杀了亚伯

And I know the game was poker that they played

我知道他们玩的是扑克游戏

I was hid behind the shrub when

我躲在灌木丛后面

He slapped him with that club

他用棍棒教训他

Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin'

可怜的Abel发现他在骗人

And now he's dead

现在他死了

I'm an educated man to get more

我是个受过教育的人想要得到更多

Sense within my head I plan

我脑海里的感觉我在计划

Well I've been on earth so long

我在这世上活了这么久

And I used to sing a little song

我曾经唱着小曲

While all of them old timers took their stand

那些老前辈表明了自己的立场