The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he took his mother's watch and flushed it down the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say,
"This kid is driving me CRAZY!"

But at night time, when that two-year-old was quiet, she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed, and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

But at night time, when he was asleep, the mother quietly opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep, she picked up that nine-year-old boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him, she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music.
Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo!

But at night time, when that teenager was asleep, the mother opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep she picked up that great big boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left home and got a house across town.

But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into her car and drove across town.

If all the lights in her son's house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed.
If the great big man was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
And while she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

Well, that mother, she got older.
She got older and older and older.
One day she called up her son and said,
"You'd better come see me because I'm very old and sick."
So her son came to see her.
When he came in the door she tried to sing the song. She sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always...
But she couldn't finish because she was too old and sick.

The son went to his mother.
He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
And he sang this song:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my Mommy you'll be.

When the son came home that night, he stood for a long time at the top of the stairs.

Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He pick her up in his arms and very slowly rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
And while he rocked her he sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

原创翻译：
一位妈妈抱住她新生的婴儿，缓缓的将他左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。
趁她抱住他的时候，她唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的宝贝。
婴儿长大了。他不停地长大，长大，长大。他长到了两岁，便开始满屋子乱跑。他把书柜里所有的书都拽了出来。他把冰箱里所有的食物都拽了出来，并且把他妈妈的手表冲进了抽水马桶。有时他妈妈会说：
“他要把我逼疯了！”
但是当夜晚降临，两岁的小孩安静了，她会打开他的房门，爬过地板，从他的床边悄悄的看他，如果他真的睡着了她会把他抱起来然后缓缓的左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。趁她抱住他的时候，她唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的宝贝。
小男孩长大了。他不停地长大，长大，长大。他长到了九岁。他从来不想回家吃晚饭，他从来不想洗个澡，当他的祖母来探访的时候他总会说一些不好的话。有时候他妈妈真想把他卖给一个动物园！
但是当夜晚降临，他睡着的时候，她会打开他的房门，爬过地板，从他的床边悄悄的看他，如果他真的睡着了她会把九岁的他抱起来然后缓缓的左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。趁她抱住他的时候，她唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的宝贝。
男孩长大了。他不停地长大，长大，长大。他长到变成了一个青少年。他交了些稀奇古怪的朋友，穿着稀奇古怪的衣服，听着稀奇古怪的音乐。
有时候他妈妈觉得她就身处在动物园！
但是当夜晚降临，青少年睡着的时候，她会打开他的房门，爬过地板，从他的床边悄悄的看他，如果他真的睡着了她会把壮实的他抱起来然后缓缓的左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。趁她抱住他的时候，她唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的宝贝。
青少年长大的了。他不停地长大，长大，长大。他长到变成了一个成年人。他离开了家，搬到了城对面的一栋房子里。
但有夜晚很黑的时候，妈妈会坐上车开到城对面去。
如果儿子房间里没有灯亮着，她会打开他卧室的窗户，爬过地板，从他的床边悄悄的看他，如果他真的睡着了她会把无比壮实的他抱起来然后缓缓的左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。趁她抱住他的时候，她唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的宝贝。
呐，妈妈老了。
她不停地老去，老去，老去。
一天她打电话给她的儿子说，
“你最好来看看我因为我又老又生病了。”
她的儿子去看她了。
他进门以后她试着给他唱那首歌。她唱道：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你…
但是她无法继续了，因为她又老又生病了。
儿子去看他妈妈。
他把她抱起来缓缓的将她左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。
趁他抱住她的时候，他唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的妈妈。
当天晚上儿子回到家，在最顶上那级台阶停驻了许久。
他走进了他新生女儿正在睡觉的那间屋子。他抱住她，缓缓的将她左右摇摆，左右摇摆，左右摇摆。
趁他抱住她的时候，他唱到：
我会永远爱你，
我会永远疼你，
只要我还活着，
你就是我的宝贝