Green Green Grass of Home     綠草如茵的家園          譯: d’amor

 

The old home town looks the same                步下火車

as I step down from the train,                            古老的城市依舊

and there to meet me                                         爸媽

is my Mama and Papa.                                       迎接著我

Down the road I look and there runs Mary      延路看去 Mary 跑向著我

hair of gold and lips like cherries.                     金髮櫻唇

It's good to touch                                                  踏上綠草如茵的家園

the green, green grass of home.                       是多麼的美好

 

Yes, they'll all come to meet me,                       他們都來迎接我

arms reaching, smiling sweetly.                       伸著手 甜美的笑容

It's good to touch                                                  踏上綠草如茵的家園

the green, green grass of home.                      是多麼的美好

 

The old house is still standing                          老家依然

tho' the paint is cracked and dry,                      雖然落漆乾裂

and there's that old oak tree                               還有那顆老橡樹

I used to play on.                                                  我舊時常在樹上遊玩

 

Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary,      伴著 Mary 延小徑走下

hair of gold and lips like cherries.                    金髮櫻唇

It's good to touch                                                  踏上綠草如茵的家園

the green, green grass of home.                      是多麼的美好

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Yes, they'll all come to meet me                       他們都來迎接我

arms reaching, smiling sweetly.                       伸著手 甜美的笑容

It's good to touch                                                  踏上綠草如茵的家園

the green, green grass of home.                       是多麼的美好

 

Then I awake and look around me,                 然後我醒了過來望著

at four grey walls that surround me                  圍繞著我的四片牆壁

and I realize yes I was only dreaming.             我才明白原來我在做夢

For there's a guard                                              一位警衛

and there's a sad old padre -                            還有一位憂傷的老教父

arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak.                   牽著我的手 就在黎明時刻

Again I touch                                                        再次的 我踏上

the green, green grass of home.                      綠草如茵的家園

 

Yes, they'll all come to see me                        他們都來看我

in the shade of that old oak tree                      就在那顆老橡樹影下

as they lay me neath                                         他們把我埋在

the green, green grass of home                      綠草如茵的家園

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(written by Claude Putman Jr.)