Hey Hey–Hey Hey–Hey Hey–ba ba la dinga
There was a flood and many poor men were killed
and that is why our house is built on the top of the hill
the plains are like a friend
why can’t we live on them
and if a flood should come
why can’t we run
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–Hey Hey–
I am the lion–
Hey Hey–Hey Hey– bellowing out at the night
we had a cow–
I left it alone to graze
and walked to the stream
and when I re-turned
it was stolen away
but now the cow is gone
and we don’t need a farm–
we have not one thing they would steal away
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–Hey Hey–
I am the lion–
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–bellowing out at the night
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–Hey Hey–
I am the lion–
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–bellowing out at the night
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–Hey Hey–
I am the lion.
Hey Hey–Hey Hey–Hey Hey–