 The boatman is a pretty man, none can do what the boatman can. Never saw a pretty girl in my life that she weren't a boatman's wife. Dance, boatman, dance. Dance, boatman, dance. Stay up all night in the broad daylight. Go home with the gals in the morning. Hi-ho, the boatman rolls, floating on the river of the Ohio. Hi-ho, the boatman rolls, floating on the river of the Ohio.