O sister, can you feel it?
All the changes coming round
Oh I know I've been impatient
But it's hard to settle down
There's a humming in the valley
There's a river full of cheer
Where's it's going, I will be there
At the crowning of the year
I wanna get my feet
Where the bells ring out
I wanna shake off the dust
I wanna sing out loud
I've been waiting, I've been waiting
Waiting a long, long while
What's that shaking
Who's that waking
Oh ain't it the newborn child
Ain't it the newborn child
O mother can you hear me?
Oh I know I'm out of tune
Like a drunk up in the choir
Singing I'll be home soon
When I get on my feet
Hear the bells ring out
I'm gonna shake off the dust
I'm gonna sing out loud
I've been waiting, I've been waiting
Waiting a long, long while
What's that shaking
Who's that waking
Oh ain't it the newborn child
Ain't it the newborn child
I go walking on the narrow
But I never get too far
Now I'm falling, now I'm rising
Now I'm crawling in the dark
And I've been waiting
