Hey, mother, let me go
hey, mother, heyo
hey, mother, let me go
hey, mother, heyo

Hey, father, do you know
hey, father, heyo
hey, father, do you know
hey, father, heyo

Hey, mother, rivers flow
hey, mother, heyo
hey, mother, rivers flow
hey, mother, heyo

Hey, father, children grow
hey, father, heyo
hey, father, children grow
hey, father, heyo