| Thirteen years I’ve been workin' on the river. |
| Thirteen years since you’ve been
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| gone.
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| Thirteen years and you’d better go home. |
| Don’t you know the river is wide?
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| Don’t you know the mountain is high? |
| Oh!
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| (Chorus)
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| Thirteen years I’ve been workin' on the river. |
| Thirteen years that ain’t so long.
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| Thirteen years and you’d better go home. |
| Don’t you know the river is wide?
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| Don’t you know the mountain is high? |
| Oh!
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| (Chorus)
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| Thirteen years I’ve been workin' on the river. |
| Thirteen years I’ve been alone.
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| Thirteen years and you’d better go home. |
| Don’t you know the river is wide?
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| Don’t you know the mountain is high? |
| Oh!
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| (Chorus) |