I had a home out in Texas, I had a home out in Texas, Eu tinha uma casa no Texas, down where the blue bonnets grew down where the blue bonnets grew para baixo, onde os gorros azuis cresceu I had the kindest old mother; I had the kindest old mother; Eu tive a mais amável velha mãe; how happy we were just we two how happy we were just we two como ficamos felizes só nós dois Till one day the angels called her, Till one day the angels called her, Até que um dia os anjos chamou, the debt we all have to pay the debt we all have to pay a dívida que todos temos de pagar She called me close to her bedside, She called me close to her bedside, Ela chamou-me perto de seu leito, these last few words to say. these last few words to say. estas últimas palavras a dizer. "Son, don't start drinking and gambling, "Son, don't start drinking and gambling, "Filho, não começar a beber e jogos de azar, promise you'll always go straight." promise you'll always go straight." prometo que você sempre siga em frente. " Ten years have passed since that parting, Ten years have passed since that parting, Dez anos se passaram desde que a despedida, that promise I've broke, I must say that promise I've broke, I must say que a promessa que eu quebrei, devo dizer I started in gambling for pastime, I started in gambling for pastime, Eu comecei no jogo por passatempo, at last I was just like them all at last I was just like them all afinal eu era como todos eles I bet my clothes and my money, I bet my clothes and my money, Aposto minhas roupas e meu dinheiro, not dreaming that I'd ever fall. not dreaming that I'd ever fall. não sonhando que eu já cair. One night I bet all my money, One night I bet all my money, Uma noite, eu aposto todo o meu dinheiro, nothing was left to be seen nothing was left to be seen nada foi deixado para ser visto All that I needed to break them was one card, All that I needed to break them was one card, Tudo o que eu precisava para quebrá-las foi um cartão, and that was a queen and that was a queen e que era uma rainha The cards were dealt all 'round the table, The cards were dealt all 'round the table, As cartas foram distribuídas durante todo o 'a mesa, each man took a card on the draw each man took a card on the draw cada homem tomou um cartão no empate I drew the one that would beat them; I drew the one that would beat them; Eu desenhei o que iria vencê-los; I turned it and here's what I saw. I turned it and here's what I saw. Virei-o e aqui está o que eu vi. I saw my mother's picture, I saw my mother's picture, Vi a foto da minha mãe, and somehow she seemed to say and somehow she seemed to say e de alguma forma, ela parecia dizer "Son, you have broken your promise," "Son, you have broken your promise," "Filho, você quebrou sua promessa", so I tossed the cards away so I tossed the cards away então eu jogou os cartões longe My winnings I gave to a newsboy, My winnings I gave to a newsboy, Meus ganhos dei um jornaleiro, I knew I was wrong from the start I knew I was wrong from the start Eu sabia que estava errado desde o início And I'll ne'er forget that promise, And I'll ne'er forget that promise, E eu vou esquecer nunca essa promessa, to Mother, the queen of my heart. to Mother, the queen of my heart. a mãe, a rainha do meu coração.