DEDICATION

 If I were hanged on the highest hill,

    Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

I know whose love would follow me still,

    Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

 

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,

    Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

I know whose tears would come down to me,

    Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

 

If I were damned¹ of body and soul,

I know whose prayers would make me whole,

    Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

1 damned   

a.该死的;打入地狱的

参考例句：

• The play was damned by the reviewers. 这部戏被评论家们批评得一无是处。
• She damned herself with one stupid remark. 她被自己的一句蠢话毁了。