A Tiny Broken Heart

He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
他是个农场孩子 天天忙着玩
In his little play house down by the gate
他玩耍的院子 挨着大门
He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
他停下来 看到一辆车 停在邻家门前
At the home of his tiny playmate
他的小玩伴门前
Then he saw his daddy watching too
他爸爸也看过去
As the man swiftly walked to the cottage door
一个汉子正走向房门
He knew they were strangers that came from the town
他知道 这些陌生人打城里来
Men he had never seen before
他从没见过他们
They soon were at their work
很快 他们开始干活
And he heard his daddy say,
他听到爸爸说
"Our neighbors are moving today"
“邻居家 今天搬走了”
"Oh no" he cried dear, "God don't let it be"
“哦，不！”他哭喊：“神啊，不行！”
"They can't take my sweetheart away"
“他们不能带走我的甜心！”
"I know Dad that you don't understand
“我知道 爸爸 你听不懂我”
How a heart so young can conceive a plan
小小的心 却有想法
I'm only seven now but it's just like you said
我才7岁 可正如你说的
Dad someday I'll be a man"
爸爸 有一天 我会成为男子汉
"The man who runs the farm where your playmate now lives
“你玩伴住的 农场主人”
He told me it'd have to be this way
他告诉我 不得不这么做
For winter time has come and their work is all done
冬天来了 活儿已经干完
So now they are moving away"
他们就得走了
"Let us buy the farm so they can stay
“咱家买了那个农场 让他们留下吧”
Give them all my toys that dear Santa gave
“我把圣诞老人给我的玩具 都给她”
And give him the pennies in my little picky bank
还有藏钱罐里 所有的硬币
Pennies that my darling helped me save"
这些硬币 是她帮我存的