Row, fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat (Brother-man, brother-man, yah)
Row, fisherman row
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a-shore (Millions of them)
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a shore
Living in a bamboo hut
In a little hole seaport town (hmm, hmm)
Three kids on the floor
And another one to come make four
Day, day by day
I man step it along the sea shore
Day, day by day
I man step it along the sea shore
Hail brother John
Have you got any wenchman?
Yes, brother Peter
Wenchman, sprat and mackaba (I'll tell you)
Yes, brother Peter
Wenchman, sprat and mackaba
Row, fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat (Brother-man, brother-man, yah)
Row, fisherman row
Yes, we've got to reach on higher grounds