When I was born into this world, this is what happened to me
当我降生于世，这便是我的遭遇
I was never called a man, and now I'm fifty-three
从未被称作男子汉，而今我已五十三
I wonder when  我何时才能
I wonder when  我何时才能
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
我何时才能被称作一个男子汉
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
难道要等到九十三岁那年？
When Uncle Sam called me, I knowed I'd be called a real McCoy
当山姆大叔征召我时，我以为会被当作真正的男子汉
But I got none of this, they just called me soldier boy
但我什么都没得到，他们只叫我大兵仔
I wonder when  我不知何时
I wonder when  我不知何时
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
不知何时才能被称作男子汉
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
难道要等到九十三岁那年？
When I got back from overseas, that night we had a ball
海外归来那夜我们纵情狂欢
Next day I met the old boss, he said Boy get you some overalls
次日遇见老东家 他说：小子 去把工装换上
I wonder when  我何时才能
I wonder when  我何时才能
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
我何时才能被称作一个男子汉
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
难道要等到九十三岁那年？
I've worked on the levee camps, and axer gangs too
我在堤坝营地和伐木队都干过活
Black man's a boy, don't care what he can do
黑人永远被当作孩子，不管他多能干
I wonder when  我不知何时
I wonder when  我不知何时
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
不知何时才能被称作男子汉
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
难道要等到九十三岁那年？
They aid I was uneducated, my clothes were dirty and torn
他们说我不修边幅 衣衫褴褛又没文化
Now I've got a little education, but I'm still a boy right on
如今我略通文墨 却仍被当作少年郎
I wonder when  我何时才能
I wonder when  我何时才能
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
我何时才能被称作一个男子汉
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
难道要等到九十三岁那年？