[1] Every day is a gam-[4]-ble
If you're [1] even gonna make it [^b7] through
When you [1] live on the side of the moun-[4]-tain
And the [1] babies [5] all need [1] food

[1] I was the youngest one among us [4]
I got [1] sick and would not [^b7] eat
[1] Daddy prayed accept this [4] fate
But [1] Mama [5] would not [1] heed

[4] Carry me across the [1] mountain before it is too [^b7] late
[4] Heal my broken [1] body [5] death not be my [1] fate
[4] Carry me across the [1] mountain don't give up on [^b7] me
[4] I am but a [1] helpless child whose [5] life depends on [1] thee

My Daddy warned against it
Said you may not make it through
Mama wrapped me in her arms
Crying what else can I do

There is a place across the mountaintop
Across the mountainside
Say there is a doctor there
Might save our baby's life

Now I stand upon the mountaintop
Before my mother's grave
And every year I visit here
To thank her for that day