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Ho Hey

The Lumineers · 2012

Ho Hey by The Lumineers (2012) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You're my sweetheart
  • I belong with you, you belong with me
  • You're my sweet-
  • (Ho!)

Sing it again — final chorus

  • You're my sweetheart
  • I belong with you, you belong with me
  • You're my sweetheart
  • Love, we need it now
belongyou'rei've

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

(Ho!) I've beento do it right

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

(Hey!) I've beena lonely life

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

(Hey!) All thethat I will bleed

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Iwith you, you belong with me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

(Ho!) I don'tyou're right for him

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

(Hey!) I'd beon Canal

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ho! I've been tryin' to do it right

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ho! I've been sleepin' here instead

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hey! All the blood that I will bleed

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hey! I don't know where I went wrong

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I belong with you, you belong with me

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

(Ho!) I've been ? to do it right

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

(Ho!) So ? me family

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

(Hey!) I don't ? where I went wrong

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

(Hey!) Think of what it ? been if we

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

(Ho!) ? be standin' next to me

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "belong" in the whole song?

"belong"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?

"you're"

Exercise 24

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Ho Hey" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

belongyou'rei'vesweetheart

Exercise 25

If you could ask The Lumineers one question about "Ho Hey", what would it be and why?

belongyou'rei'vesweetheart

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Ho Hey" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

belongyou'rei'vesweetheart

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • don't→
  • you're→
  • i'd→
  • let's→
  • we're→

Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Ho Hey", what would happen instead?

belongyou'rei'vesweetheart

Exercise 29

"Ho Hey" was released in 2012. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

belongyou'rei'vesweetheart

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Ho Hey" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

belongyou'rei'vesweetheart