Rocafil Jazz presenting you Sweet mother
Sweet mother, I no go forget you
For this suffer wey you suffer for me yé
Sweet mother, I no go forget you
For this suffer wey you suffer for me yé
 
When I dey cry, my mother go carry me
She go say my pikin weti you dey cry yo yo
Stop stop, stop stop
Stop stop make you no cry again o
When I want sleep, my mother go pet me
She go lie me well well for bed
She cover me cloth, sing make you sleep
Sleep sleep my pikin oh
When I dey hungry, my mother go run up and down
She dey find me something wey I go tchop oh
Sweet mother aah, sweet mother eh oo
 
When I dey sick
My mother go cry cry cry
She go say instead when I go die, make she die oh
She go beg God
“God help me, God help me, my pikin oh”

Eh my mother oh
If I no sleep, my mother no go sleep
If I no chop, my mother no go tchop
She no dey tired, Sweet mother
I no go forget this suffer wey you suffer for me
Sweet mother éhé sweet mother oo

Eh Sweet mother I will never forget you
For the suffer you suffered for me
And if I should forget you, therefore I forgetting my life
The air I breathin
I dare all to you men on earth dare you not forget your mother
For if you forget your mother, you’ve lost your life
 
Sweet mother, I no go forget you
For this suffer wey you suffer for me yé
Sweet mother, I no go forget you
For this suffer wey you suffer for me yé
 
When I dey cry, my mother go carry me
She go say my pikin weti you dey cry yé yé
Stop stop, stop stop
Stop stop, make you no cry again

Oh my mother
When I want sleep, my mother go pet me
She go lie me well well for bed
She cover me cloth, say make you sleep
Sleep sleep my pikin oh

When I dey hungry, my mother go run up and down
She dey find me something wey I go tchop oh
Sweet mother ééhé, sweet mother éhéé
 
When I dey sick
My mother go cry cry cry
She go say instead when I go die, make she die oh
She go beg God
“God help me, God help me, my pikin oh”
 
If I no sleep, my mother no go sleep
If I no chop, my mother no go tchop
She no dey tired, sweet mother
I no go forget this suffer wey you suffer for me yé yé
Sweet mother, sweet mother ooh ehé
 
Eh sweet mother
you are the one who suffered for me
And I always keep that in mind
Maa! Suza! hi sweet mother
Ayeye

My sweet mother, i no go forget you
My sweet mother wey suffer for me
When I dey cry, my mother go cry
She no know wetin to do
You no well, na wetin di worry you my pikin
Oh! You fit get another wife
You fit get another husband
But you fit get another mother?
No, at all.
My mother is great
Greater then the world

When I dey hungry, my mother go run up and down
She dey find me something wey I go tchop oh
Sweet mother aaah, sweet mother éhéé

When I dey sick
My mother go cry cry cry
She go say instead when I go die, make she die oh
She go beg God
“God help me, God help me, my pikin oh”

If I no sleep, my mother no go sleep
If I no chop, my mother no go tchop
She no dey tired, sweet mother
I no go forget this suffer wey you suffer for me yé yé
Sweet mother aaah, sweet mother ehé
Sweet mother aaah, sweet mother eheeeh
Sweet mother aaah, sweet mother eheeeh