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Early one mornin' one mornin' in spring
一個春日的清晨
　

To hear the birds whistle the nightingales sing
聽見鳥鳴聲，夜鶯仍輕唱

　
I met a fair maiden who sweetly did sing
一位有著白皙皮膚的金髮少女甜美地唱著

　
「I'm going to be married next Monday morning」
「我下星期一就要結婚了」

　
「How old are you my fair young maid」
「美麗的女孩呀妳幾歲」

　
Here in this valley this valley so green
宛如身處翠綠的山谷間迴響
　

「How old are you my fair young maid」
「美麗的女孩呀妳幾歲」
　

「I'm goin' to be sixteen next Monday mornin'」
「我下星期一就滿16歲了」
　

「Well sixteen years old, that's too young for to marry

「16歲，結婚還太早啊
　

So take my advice, five years longer to tarry
聽我的建議，再等個5年吧
　

For marriage brings troubles and sorrows begin
婚姻會帶來許多傷心與煩惱
　

So put off your wedding for Monday mornin'」
所以將妳星期一的婚禮延後吧」
　

「You talk like a mad man, a man with no skill

「你說話瘋言瘋語的
　

Two years I've been waiting against my own will
這兩年來我懷抱著我的心願一直等待著
　

Now I'm determined to have my own way
如今我下定決心走我自己的路
　

And I'm going to be married next Monday mornin'
下星期一早上我就要舉行婚禮了呀
　

And next Monday mornin' the bells they will ring

下星期一早上教堂鐘聲將會響起
　

And my true love will buy me a gay gold ring
我心愛的人將會買給我一個艷麗的金戒指
　

Also he'll buy me a new pretty gown
他還會買給我一件美麗的婚紗
　

To wear at my wedding next Monday mornin' 」
讓我在下星期一的婚禮上穿戴」
　

Next Monday night when I go to my bed

星期一的夜晚我走向我的床
　


And I turn round to the man that I've wed
轉身面對我剛嫁的人
　


Around his middle my two arms I will fling
在他的腰間我揮舞著雙手
　


And I wish to my soul it was Monday mornin'
對我的靈魂許願：真希望這還是星期一的早上