Dance, boatman dance! Dance I say
Dance, boatman dance, dance all night till the break of day

The boatman dance, the boatman sing, the boatman do most anything
And when the boatman get to shore, He rows his boat out on the dancing floor

Hi ho the boatman row, floatin' down the river on the Ohio!
Hi ho, the boat man row, up an down the river on the Ohio!

Grab your partner by the hand, grab em now I say
Grab em by their itty bitty hand, ya gonna swing ‘em all the night into the break of day

Swing your partner round and round, swing em round I say
Swing that gal up and down and and then you're gonna bow to your corner as you swing out the whats it and you steppin' on the whozit and ya toodle down the stairs and you're on the ground wondering what in the heck does a boatman do any whoose