Here is the story of how you came to be born, How you came to be born Papa had a beard then, Mama looked very young, Mama looked really young My father kept me from your father's loving arms, From your father's loving arms But one starry midnight, we stole away in a boat that your own father made Everyone is someone's sweet little baby Everyone is someone's sweet little baby Heaven protected We could come to no harm, We were meant for love And heaven blessed us In a year you were born, You our sweet little babe So don't let them tell you Little boy go to war, Fighting for your land And don't let them tell you It's okay, Those are not our kind of men Everyone is someone's sweet little baby Everyone is someone's sweet little baby Hands over hands child You were not meant for that You were meant for love You were meant for love You were meant for love