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Modest and shy as a nun is she,
雌鳥羞澀得像位修女，
One weak chirp is her only note;
偶爾低聲地唧喳兩聲，
Braggart and prince of braggarts is he,
夫君卻是自吹自擂的王子，
Pouring boasts from his little throat:
頗為自豪地不停叫喚，
Bobolink, Bobolink,
食米鳥，食米鳥，
Spink, spank, spink,
斯賓克，斯潘克，斯賓克，
Never was I afraid of man,
我可從來不怕人，
Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can.
無賴！流氓！有膽你就放馬過來，
Chee, chee, chee.
唧，唧，唧。
Six white eggs on a bed of hay,
干草上，六只白色的蛋，
Flecked with purple, a pretty sight!
紫色的斑點，溫潤美麗，
There as the mother sits all day,
媽媽整天地孵坐窩里，
Robert is singing with all his might:
父親快樂地吐露心聲，
Bobolink, bobolink,
食米鳥，食米鳥，
Spink, spank, spink,
斯賓克，斯潘克，斯賓克，
Nice good wife that never goes out,
盡職的母親從不挪窩，
Keeping house while I frolic about.
我卻在一邊玩耍嬉戲，
Chee, chee, chee.
唧，唧，唧。
Soon as the little ones chip the shell,
雛鳥們很快破殼而出，
Six wide mouths are open for food;
六只嗷嗷小嘴盼著食物，
Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well,
羅伯特.林肯抖擻精神，
Gathering seeds for the hungry brood..
銜來草籽喂養待哺的寶貝，
Bobolink, bobolink,
食米鳥，食米鳥，
Spink, spank, spink,
斯賓克，斯潘克，斯賓克，
This new life is likely to be hard for a gay young fellow like me.
新出世的雛鳥們，今后或許像我同樣艱難辛苦，
Chee, chee, chee.
唧，唧，唧。
Robert of Lincoln at length is made
羅伯特.林肯變了模樣，
Sober with work, and silent with care;
精心地照料孩子不再歌唱，
Off is his holiday garment laid,
它脫下假日漂亮的盛裝，
Half forgotten that merry air:
忘卻快樂的和煦陽光，
Bobolink, bobolink,
食米鳥，食米鳥，
Spink, spank, spink,
斯賓克，斯潘克，斯賓克，
Nobody knows but my mate and I
除了我們夫妻倆，
Where our nest and our nestlings lie.
沒人知道孵蛋的小窩搭在哪，
Chee, chee, chee.
唧，唧，唧。
Summer wanes; the children are grown;
夏天過去，雛鳥們已長大，
Fun and frolic no more he knows;
不再只知道嬉戲玩耍，
Robert of Lincoln's a humdrum crone;
老伴變得干癟無趣，
Off he flies, and we sing as he goes:
羅伯特飛走時，歌謠依然在唱，
Bobolink, bobolink,
食米鳥，食米鳥，
Spink, spank, spink,
斯賓克，斯潘克，斯賓克，
When you can pipe that merry old strain,
風笛吹響，古老迷人的曲調，
Robert of Lincoln, come back again.
羅伯特終于飛回來了，
Chee, chee, chee.
唧，唧，唧。
