The boatmen dance and the boatmen sing,
The boatmen do most anything.
And when the boatman comes to shore,
He spends all his money and he works for more.
Chorus: Hi, ho the boatmen go, up and down the river in the Ohio.
Hi, ho the boatmen go, up and down the river in the Ohio.
Did you ever see where a boatman lives?
It’s a house on a hollow and it leaks like a sieve.
Boatman says if he gets one wish
If it doesn’t get better he’d rather be a fish.
