Oh I wandered long ago On the banks of the river, On that dark delta They call Mekong;
In all of this lonely place I'm the only one livin'; All of my brothers, Dark river, all of them gone.
I lost my mind When I lost my brothers; I lost my brothers, I carry their song; Now every night, on the banks of the river, I hear songs of my brothers, Dark river, deep Mekong.
Now every river Is just one river, And every river Holds a soldier's song; Every soldier Knows a soldier's story: Sing to me gently, dark river, Deep Mekong;
Every soldier Knows a soldier's story, Sing to me gently Songs of my brothers, Deep Mekong.