Every day is a gamble, if you really want to make itthroughWhen you live on the side of the mountain, and thebabies all need foodI was the youngest one among us, I got sick and wouldnot eatDaddy prayed accept his fate, but Mommy would not heedCarry me across the mountain, before it is too lateHeal my broken my body, death not be my fateCarry me across the mountain, don’t give up on meI am but a helpless child, whose life depends on theeDaddy warned against it, said you may not make itthroughMomma wrapped me in her arms, crying what else can IdoThere is a place across the mountain top, across themountain sideThey say there is a doctor there, might save ourbaby’s lifeCarry me across the mountain, before it is too lateHeal my broken my body, death not be my fateCarry me across the mountain, don’t give up on meI am but a helpless child, whose life depends on theeNow I stand upon the mountain top, before my mother’sgraveAnd every year I visit here, to thank her for that dayCarry me across the mountain, before it is too lateHeal my broken my body, death not be my fateCarry me across the mountain, don’t give up on me