Mother, oh Mother! I'm hungry

"Mother, oh Mother! I'm hungry;

Give me bread, or I shall die!"

"Wait a little, my darling child;

Tomorrow we shall sow quickly."

And when the corn had been sown,

The child wailed again:

"Mother, oh Mother! I'm hungry;

Give me bread, or I shall die!"

"Wait a little, my darling child;

Tomorrow we shall harvest quickly."

And when the corn had been harvested,

The child wailed again:

"Mother, oh Mother! I'm hungry;

Give me bread, or I shall die!"

"Wait a little, my darling child;

Tomorrow we shall thresh quickly."

And when the corn had been threshed,

The child wailed again:

"Mother, oh Mother! I'm hungry;

Give me bread, or I shall die!"

"Wait a little, my darling child;

Tomorrow we shall grind quickly."

And when the corn had been ground,

The child wailed again:

"Mother, oh Mother! I'm hungry;

Give me bread, or I shall die!"

"Wait a little, my darling child;

Tomorrow we shall bake quickly."

And when the bread had been baked,

The child was lying on the funeral bier.