SLEEP BLACK CHILD¹

Sleep, sleep black child,
Your mother is at the field,
Black Child.
Sleep, sleep black child,
Your mother is at the field,
Black Child.

She will bring squails for you,
She will bring delicious fruit for you,
She will bring pork for you,
She will bring lots of things for you.

And if the black doesn't sleep,
The white devil comes
and Zas! eats his leg,
Yakapumba yakapumba,
Apumba yakapumba,
Yakapumba yakapumba.

Sleep, sleep black child,
Your mother is at the field,
Black Child.

Working,
Working very hard,
Working, yes,
Working and they don't pay her,
Working, yes,
Working and she coughs,
Working, yes,
Working and she grieves,
Working, yes,
For the small black child,
Working, yes,
For the small black child,
Working, yes,
They don't pay her, yes,
Very hard, yes,
She coughs, yes,
She grieves, yes.

Sleep, sleep black child,
Your mother is at the field,
Black Child.
Sleep, sleep black child,
Your mother is at the field,
Black Child.