Old Deuteronomy?

老Deuteronomy？

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy

我相信這是老Deuteronomy

Well of all things, can it be really?

嗯，關於這件事，那是真的嗎？

Yes! No! Oh! Hi! Oh, my eyes!

是！不！噢！呀！噢，我的眼睛！

My mind may be wondering but I confess

我的思緒或會懷疑但我會承認

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!

我相信那是老Deuteronomy!

Old Deuteronomy lived a long time

老Deuteronomy活了很欠

He’s a cat who has lived many lives in succession

他是活在很多成功的生命之中的那隻貓

He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme

他以格言而著名並以對韻聞世

A long while before Queen Victoria’s accession

遠在維多利亞女皇登基以前

Old Deuteronomy’s buried nine wives,

老Deuteronomy埋葬了九位妻子

And more, I am tempted to say, ninety-nine

或許更多，我大膽的說，九十九

And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives

而他眾多的子孫均成功興旺

And the village is proud of him in his decline

那村子都為他的高年而驕傲

At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy,

在那平靜安詳的氣氛中

When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall,

他在太陽下坐在牧師的牆上

The oldest inhabitant croaks:

那最老的原住民喃喃的說：

“Well of all things, can it be really?

嗯，關於這件事，那是真的嗎？

Yes! No! Oh! Hi! Oh, my eye!

是！不！噢！呀！噢，我的眼睛！

My mind may be wondering but I confess

我的思緒或會懷疑但我會承認

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!    (Repeat 3 times)

我相信那是老Deuteronomy!　　（重複3次）

My legs may be tottery, I must go slow

我的腳彥蹣跚，不得不慢走

And be careful of Old Deuteronomy!

可要小心老Deuteronomy