♪ These dead man's boots, though they're old and curled ♪ ♪ When a fellow needs a job and a place in the world ♪ ♪ And it's time for a man to put down roots ♪ ♪ And walk to the river in his old man's boots ♪ ♪ He said, "I'm dying, son, and asking ♪ ♪ That you do one final thing for me ♪ ♪ You're barely but a sapling, and you think that you're a tree ♪
♪この死人のブーツは 古びて反り返っているが♪ ♪新米が仕事とこの世での 居場所が必要になったら♪ ♪男が根を下ろす時が来たのさ♪ ♪親父のブーツを履いて 川へ向かうんだ♪ ♪父は言った「もう逝く時が来たが息子よ」 ♪ ♪「聞いて欲しい願いが一つある」♪ ♪「まだ若木のお前は 自分が成木と思っている」♪