Aiya Lyrics Meanings
by Bill Beare

I have seen the women
Backs bending in the sun; work to be done
Mothers and daughters in mud up to their knees
It's a good wife stands among the many
And it's a hard life but still there's time to sing, and they sing.

Aiya-a Aiyaiya-a Aiyaiyaiya
Aiya-a Aiyaiya-a Aiyaiyaiya

I have seen the menfolk
Fathers and sons; work to be done
Casting their nets on the waters from the rivers to the seas
And a good man works among the many
Well it's a hard life but still there's time to sing, and they sing

Aiya-a Aiyaiya-a Aiyaiyaiya
Aiya-a Aiyaiya-a Aiyaiyaiya

And I have seen the children
Smiling faces they run
Young sons and daughters, and they sing

Aiya-a Aiyaiya-a Aiyaiyaiya
Aiya-a Aiyaiya-a Aiyaiyaiya