Fare ye well, Old Joe Clark
Tarif kamu baik, Old Joe Clark
Fare ye well, I say
Hitunglah dengan baik, kataku
Fare ye well, Old Joe Clark
Tarif kamu baik, Old Joe Clark
I'm a going away
Aku akan pergi

Old Joe Clark, the preacher's son
Old Joe Clark, anak pengkhotbah
Preached all over the pain
Berkhotbah tentang rasa sakit
The only text he ever knew
Satu-satunya teks yang dia tahu
Was High, low, Jack and the game
Tinggi, rendah, Jack dan permainan

Old Joe Clark had a mule
Old Joe Clark memiliki keledai
His name was Morgan Brown
Namanya Morgan Brown
And every tooth in that mule's head
Dan setiap gigi di kepala keledai itu
Was sixteen inches around
Sekitar enam belas inci

Old Joe Clark had ayellow cat
Old Joe Clark memiliki kucing ayellow
She would neither sing or pray
Dia tidak akan bernyanyi atau berdoa
She stuck her head in the butermilk jar
Dia menancapkan kepalanya ke stoples butermilk
And washed her sins away
Dan membasuh dosa-dosanya

Old Joe Clark had a house
Old Joe Clark punya rumah
Fifteen stories high
Lima belas cerita tinggi
And every story in that house
Dan setiap cerita di rumah itu
Was filled with chicken pie
Penuh dengan pai ayam

I went down to Old Joe's house
Aku pergi ke rumah Old Joe
He invited me to supper
Dia mengundang saya untuk makan malam
I stumped my toe on the table leg
Aku mencengkeram kakiku di kaki meja
And stuck my nose in the butter
Dan terjebak hidung saya di mentega

Now I wouldn't marry a widder
Sekarang saya tidak akan menikahi widder
Tell you the reason why
Katakan alasannya mengapa
She'd have so many children
Dia punya begitu banyak anak
They'd make those biscuits fly
Mereka akan membuat biskuit itu terbang

Sixteen horses in my team
Enam belas kuda di tim saya
The leaders they are blind
Pemimpin mereka buta
And every time the sun goes down
Dan setiap saat matahari terbenam
There's a pretty girl on my mind
Ada seorang gadis cantik di pikiranku

Eighteen miles of mountain road
Delapan belas mil dari jalan gunung
And fifteen miles of sand
Dan lima belas mil pasir
If ever travel this road again
Jika pernah menempuh jalan ini lagi
I'll be a married man
Aku akan menjadi pria yang sudah menikah