Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Where the River Meets the Road, artist - Tim O'Brien. Album song Where the River Meets the Road, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 30.03.2017
Record label: Howdy Skies
Song language: English
Where the River Meets the Road |
I came here from Ireland by way of Baltimore |
I rode the train one hundred miles and and I walked one hundred more |
I could smell the smoke a-pourin' off those iron mills |
Before I even saw the town from the top of Wheeling hill |
Where the river meets the road, where the river meets the road |
On the eastern bank of the Ohio, where the river meets the road |
They’ve grown this town by leaps and bounds |
Since they built that Cumberland road |
The railroad came in fifty-three and they’re pushin' on I’m told |
They built a big old iron bridge that faces to the west |
But I stayed here for a job of work, I think it worked out best |
Where the river meets the road, where the river meets the road |
On the eastern bank of the Ohio, where the river meets the road |
I met a lass at Sunday Mass, she was singin' in the choir |
Her father worked as a blacksmith, with a bellows, hammer and fire |
I started out as a roustabout, at night my back would throb |
But I made a plan and I won her hand when I got my scrivener’s job |
I tithe to church, I pay my bills and send the rest back home |
I put roots down in Wheeling town and never more will roam |
We’re raisin' sons and daughters now, for them I will provide |
I’ll teach them how to read and write and to walk these streets with pride |
Where the river meets the road, where the river meets the road |
On the eastern bank of the Ohio, where the river meets the road |