Willie And Laura Mae Jones

Willie e Laura Mae Jones

Willie And Laura Mae Jones

Willie e Laura Mae Jones eram nossos vizinhos há muito tempo atrásWillie and Laura Mae Jones were our neighbours a long time back
Eles moravam na mesma rua que a gente, em uma casinha igual à nossaThey lived down the road from us in a shack just like our shack
Trabalhávamos nos campos juntos, aprendemos a contar um com o outroWe worked the fields together learned to count on each other
Quando você vive da terra, não tem tempo pra pensar na cor do outroWhen you live off the land you ain't got time to think of another man's color

O algodão estava alto e o milho crescia bonitoThe cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
Era outro lugar e outro tempoThat was another place and another time

Sentávamos na varanda todo fim de tarde quando o sol se punhaSit out on the front porch every evening when the sun went down
Willie tocava e Laura cantava, e as crianças dançavam ao redorWillie would play and Laura would sing and them younguns'd dance around
Eu pegava meu violão e a gente tocava a noite todaI'd bring out my guitar and we'd play on through the night
De vez em quando, o velho Willie sorria e dizia: "garoto, você toca bem"Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say boy you play all right

O algodão estava alto...The cotton was high...

Os anos passaram pela nossa terra e levaram de volta o que tinham dadoThe years rolled past our land and took back what they'd given
Todos sabíamos que teríamos que nos mudar se quiséssemos ganhar a vidaWe all knew we'd had to move if we were gonna make a livin'
Então todos nós nos mudamos e seguimos nossos caminhosSo we all moved off and went about our separate ways
Foi difícil dizer adeus a Willie e Laura MaeIt sure was hard to say goodbye to Willie and Laura Mae

O algodão estava alto...The cotton was high...

Os anos passaram pela nossa porta e não ouvimos mais delesThe years rolled past our doors and we heard of them no more
Quando vi o Willie no centro da cidade outro diaWhen I saw Willie downtown the other day
Ele disse: "Parem por aqui, vamos sentar e comer juntosSaid y'all stop right by now we could all sit down and eat by
Adoraria ver seus filhos e a Laura Mae"Sure love to see your children and Laura Mae

Ele balançou a cabeça devagar e seus olhos eram gentisShook his head real slow and his eyes were kind
Este é outro lugar e outro tempoThis is another place and another time

O algodão estava alto...The cotton was high...