There was a lady all skin and bone
There was a lady all skin and bone,
Sure such a lady was never known:
It happened upon a certain day,
This lady went to church to pray.
从前有个皮包骨头的女人，
当然你从没听说过这样的女人：
一切发生在某一天，
这位女士去教堂作祷告。
When she came to the church stile, There she did rest a little while;
When she came to the church yard,
There the hells so loud she heard.
当她来到教堂阶梯，
她停下来作了个小小的休息；
当她来到教堂墓园，
她听见地狱的呻吟声是如此响亮。
When she came to the church door,
She stopped to rest a little more;
When she came the church within,
The parson prayed ’gainst pride and sin.
当她来到教堂的门口，
她停下来又作了个小小的休息；
当她进入教堂，
牧师正抗拒着虚荣与罪恶作着祷告。
On looking up, on looking down,
She saw a dead man on the ground;
And from his nose unto his chin,
The worms crawled out,
the worms crawled in.
上看，下看，
她看见地上躺着一个死人；
从他的鼻子到下巴，
蛆们爬出，
蛆们蠕进。
Then she unto the parson said,
Shall I be so when I am dead?
O yes!
O yes, the parson said,
You will be so when you are dead.
然后她对牧师说，
我死后会变成这样吗？
噢，是的！
噢，是的，牧师说道，
你死后就会变成这样。
