
Date of issue: 24.11.2016
Record label: Acony
Song language: English
Riverboat Song |
Thought I’d sing to the river |
Just cheer her on her way |
She’s a blue old girl |
That no one cares to travel on these days |
I know some say she’s lazy |
She was fast enough before |
Half of every cotton crop |
Came floating past my door |
And there used to be a dance hall |
When the gambling boat still ran |
The air was full of lamp light |
And the sound of dixieland |
But the river men are gone now |
She’s a melancholy girl |
She never sees the delta queen |
Or the Alabama pearl |
And she looks like she’s lonely |
As she tumbles to the sea |
She’s headed down to Mexico |
To find some company |
Well the only time I cursed her |
Was the spring of '65 |
She rolled across my bean field |
Looking more than ten miles wide |
Well I shoulda seen it comin' |
As it does from time to time |
Women’s gonna make a fuss |
When no one pays her any mind |
So thought I’d sing to the river |
Just cheer her on her way |
She’s a blue old girl |
That no one cares to travel on these days |
She’s a blue old girl |
That no one cares |
To travel on these days |
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