《棉花田》 Cotton Fields

美国南部的老家，屋后是一片老棉花田，炽热的阳光下，妈妈忙着采摘棉花，把小婴儿放到旁边的摇篮里，如果棉球腐烂，就摘不了多少棉花了。

棉花田 Cotton Fields

-Creedence Clearwater Revival

梅三思译

When I was a little bitty baby,

当我还是个小婴儿，

My mama would rocked me in that cradle,

妈妈总把我放到那个摇篮里，

In them old cotton fields back home.

家后面的老棉花田。 

It was down in Louisiana,

就在路易斯安那下边， 

Just about a mile from Texarkana,

距特克萨卡纳约一英里，

In them old cotton fields back home.

家后面的老棉花田。

and when them cotton bolls get rotten,

当棉球腐烂，

You can't pick very much cotton,

你就摘不了多少棉花，

In them old cotton fields back home.

家后面的老棉花田。

It was down in Louisiana, 

就在路易斯安那下边，

Just about a mile from Texarkana,

离特克萨卡纳约一英里，

In them old cotton fields back home.

家后面的老棉花田。

——三段歌词一样

克里登斯清水复兴合唱团Creedence Clearwater Revival美国上世纪六、七十年代一支广受欢迎的摇滚乐队。