| Have you ever took a boat ride
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| Down the Mississippi
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| Well, if you do
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| You oughta take it on the Ella B
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| Yes, she starts off in St. Louis Missouri
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| And she takes you down to New Orleans
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| And on out to the sea
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| Well you heard about the good Queen Mary
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| Sailin' on the seven seas
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| But you ain’t never took no boat ride
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| Till you been ridin' on the Ella B
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| Her accomodations are among the best
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| You get three square meals a day
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| And a place to rest
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| We can just smells them ole hot biscuits
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| And that country ham
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| That old fried chicken
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| Mash potatoes and the candied yam
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| Well you heard about the Constitution
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| Fightin' the revolutionary war
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| Well? |
| America’s inland neighbor
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| She’s the finest runnin' shore to shore
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| Mmmm… it takes about a week
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| To get back down that there river
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| But once you get on board
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| You can wish it would last forever
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| Oh you just sit out on the deck
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| And fish off the side all day
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| Watch the sunny south land roll on by
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| And dream your blues away
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| Well you heard about the ship Titanic
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| A sailin' on the northern sea |
| But you ain’t never took no boat ride
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| Till you been ridin' on the Ella B
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| B — eee- b-eee hee hee B — eee |