Mengingat saat aku masih kecil, aku akan menyelinap ke dermaga
To watch the old men carving wood, watch the sailors tying knots
Untuk menyaksikan orang tua mengukir kayu, perhatikan para pelaut yang mengikat simpul
But the thing I remember best was grey-haired old Patch-Eye
Tapi yang paling kuingat adalah Patch-Eye berambut abu-abu
And the stories that he'd tell me 'bout his younger days
Dan cerita yang dia ceritakan tentang masa mudanya
as we watched those ships go by hfill
Saat kami melihat kapal-kapal itu lewat hfill
He'd talk about his missing eye, he'd talk all about his wooden leg
Dia akan berbicara tentang matanya yang hilang, dia akan membicarakan semua tentang kaki kayunya
But he never talked about the old tattoo on his right arm that said ''Meg''
Tapi dia tidak pernah membicarakan tato lama di lengan kanannya yang bertuliskan ” Meg ”
He said he was captain of a pirate ship sailing seas both blue and green
Dia mengatakan bahwa dia adalah kapten kapal bajak laut yang berlayar laut biru dan hijau
Then he said that all pirate's got to have have a patch so as they
Kemudian dia mengatakan bahwa semua bajak laut harus memiliki tambalan begitu mereka
can look real mean
bisa terlihat sangat berarti
He'd made the bad guys walk the plank, the pretty ladies he would save
Dia telah membuat orang-orang jahat berjalan di papan, wanita cantik yang akan diselamatkannya
And then he'd take the treasure from the ship and then he'd sink it
Dan kemudian dia mengambil harta karun itu dari kapal dan kemudian dia akan menenggelamkannya
to a watery grave
ke kuburan berair
He'd talk about his missing eye, he'd talk about his wooden leg
Dia akan berbicara tentang matanya yang hilang, dia akan berbicara tentang kaki kayunya
But he'd never talk about the old tattoo of brown-haired,
Tapi dia tidak akan pernah membicarakan tato tua berambut cokelat itu,
blue-eyed Meg
bermata biru Meg
He told me a story 'bout his wooden leg as he sat there spinning yarns
Dia menceritakan sebuah cerita tentang kaki kayu saat dia duduk di sana memintal benang
Once he lost it to a mamba snake, down in the Amazon
Begitu dia kehilangannya ke seekor ular mamba, turun ke Amazon
Another time it was way out west in a gunfight, or so he said
Lain waktu jalan keluar ke barat dalam tembak-menembak, atau begitulah katanya
Oh but that's all right boy, man's got to legs, you know he could have
Oh tapi itu anak laki-laki yang baik, laki-laki harus kaki, Anda tahu dia bisa memiliki
lost his head
kehilangan kepalanya
He told me all about his missing eye, he told me all about his wooden leg
Dia menceritakan semua tentang matanya yang hilang, dia menceritakan semua tentang kaki kayunya
But he took the story to the grave about the tattoo
Tapi dia membawa ceritanya ke kuburan tentang tato itu
that said ''Meg''
yang mengatakan ” Meg ”
He told me how he lost his eye and how he lost leg
Dia mengatakan kepada saya bagaimana dia kehilangan matanya dan bagaimana dia kehilangan kaki
But he never told me how he lost the love of brown-haired,
Tapi dia tidak pernah memberitahuku bagaimana dia kehilangan cinta berambut cokelat,
blue-eyed Meg
bermata biru Meg