Here is the story of how you came to be born,   How you came to be born      Papa had a beard then,   Mama looked very young,   Mama looked really young      My father kept me from your father's loving arms,   From your father's loving arms   But one starry midnight, we stole away in a boat that your own father made      Everyone is someone's sweet little baby   Everyone is someone's sweet little baby      Heaven protected   We could come to no harm,   We were meant for love   And heaven blessed us   In a year you were born,   You our sweet little babe      So don't let them tell you   Little boy go to war,   Fighting for your land   And don't let them tell you    It's okay,   Those are not our kind of men      Everyone is someone's sweet little baby   Everyone is someone's sweet little baby      Hands over hands child   You were not meant for that      You were meant for love   You were meant for love   You were meant for love