 When I'm bored the other day, see what the boatman had to say. There I let my passions loose, the Grammy in the calabose. Dance, boatman, dance. Dance, boatman, dance. Stay up all night till the broad daylight. Go home with the gals in the morning. Hi-ho, the boatman rolls. Open down the river on the Ohio. Hi-ho, the boatman rolls. Open down the river on the Ohio.