[ti:A Drunkard's Child] [ar:Jimmie Rodgers] [al:Ramblers Country] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Drunkard's Child - Jimmie Rodgers (吉米·罗杰斯) [00:16.74]My father is a drunkard [00:21.89]My mother she is dead; [00:26.92]And I am just an orphan child [00:32.09]No place to lay my head; [00:36.95]All thru this world I wander [00:41.80]They drive me from their door [00:47.05]Some day I'll find a welcome [00:51.88]On Heaven's golden shore [00:57.13]Now if to me you'll listen [01:01.99]I'll tell my story sad; [01:07.03]How drinking rum and gambling [01:10.85]Hell Has stole away my dad; [01:16.88]My mother is in heaven [01:21.66]Where God and the angels smile; [01:26.65]And now I know she's watching [01:31.15]Her lonely orphan child [01:47.67]We all were once so happy [01:52.55]And had a happy home; [01:57.51]Till dad he went to drinking rum [02:02.55]And then he gambled some; [02:07.46]He left my darling mother [02:12.22]She died of a broken heart; [02:17.29]And as I tell my story [02:21.81]I see your tear-drops start [02:27.16]Don't weep for me and mother [02:32.10]Altho' I know 'tis said; [02:37.12]But try to get someone to cheer [02:42.08]And save my poor lonely dad; [02:46.92]"I'm awful cold and hungry" [02:51.73]She closed her eyes and sighed; [02:56.98]Then those who heard her story [03:01.38]Knew the orphan child has died