A tiny broken heart

He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
他是個農場孩子天天忙著玩
In his little play house down by the gate
他玩耍的院子挨著大門
He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
他停下來看到一輛車停在鄰家門前
At the home of his tiny playmate
他的小玩伴門前
Then he saw his daddy watching too
他爸爸也看過去
As the man swiftly walked to the cottage door
一個漢子正走向房門
He knew they were strangers that came from the town
他知道這些陌生人打城裡來
Men he had never seen before
他從沒見過他們
They soon were at their work
很快他們開始乾活
And he heard his daddy say,
他聽到爸爸說
'Our neighbors are moving today'
“鄰居家今天搬走了”
'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'
“他們不能帶走我的甜心！”
'I know Dad that you don't understand
“我知道爸爸你聽不懂我”
How a heart so young can conceive a plan
小小的心卻有想法
I'm only seven now but it's just like you said
我才7歲可正如你說的
Dad someday I'll be a man'
爸爸有一天我會成為男子漢
'The man who runs the farm where your playmate now lives
“你玩伴住的農場主人”
He told me it'd have to be this way
他告訴我不得不這麼做
For winter time has come and their work is all done
冬天來了活兒已經乾完
So now they are moving away'
他們就得走了
'Let us buy the farm so they can stay
“咱家買了那個農場讓他們留下吧”
Give them all my toys that dear Santa gave
“我把聖誕老人給我的玩具都給她”
And give him the pennies in my little picky bank
還有藏錢罐裡所有的硬幣
Pennies that my darling helped me save'
這些硬幣是她幫我存的