Sweet mother I no go forget you
For the suffer wey you suffer for me.

Sweet mother I no go forget you
For the suffer wey you suffer for me.

When I dey cry, my mother go carry me
She go say, ´my pikin´, wetin you dey cry, cry, cry.
Stop stop, stop stop, stop stop make you no cry again oh.

When I won sleep, my mother go pet me,
She go lie me well well for bed,
She cover me cloth, sing me to sleep,
Sleep sleep my pikin oh.

When I dey hungry, my mother go run up and down.
She go find me something when I go chop oh.

Sweet mother eheh
Sweet mother ehwoh

When I dey sick, my mother go cry, cry, cry,
She go say instead when I die make she die.

O, she go bed God,
God help me, God help me, my pikin oh.

If I no sleep, my mother no go sleep,
If I no chop, my mother no go chop, she no dey tire eh.

Sweet mother I no go forget you,
Suffer wey you suffer for me.

Sweet mother I no go forget you,
For the suffer wey you suffer for me.

Sweet mother I no go forget you,
For the suffer wey you suffer for me.

When I dey cry, my mother go carry me
She go say, ´my pikin´, wetin you dey cry, cry, cry.
Stop stop, stop stop, stop stop make you no cry again oh.

Ma mama oh, ma you oh, can bo, oh oh oh, you suffer eh,
You suffer swets, for me oh, you be dives, don´t my do,
Yes wishin´ no, you broat also, it´s too disurt,
Ma mama oh, na you oh, can bo, answer me yeh.