Songs my mother taught me
In the days long vanish'd
Seldom from her eyelids
Were the teardrops banish'd
Now I teach my children
Each melodious measure
oft the tears are flowing
oft they flow from my mem'ry treasure
当我幼年的时候，母亲教我歌唱，在她慈爱的眼里, 隐約闪着淚光。如今我教我的孩子们唱这首难忘的歌曲，我的辛酸的眼泪，点点流在我飽经風霜的脸上
