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This old riverboat This old riverboat walking up the river Keep her steady as you go Heave the lead and pay the line Now we're marking on the twine Four fathoms below Way up the river we go This old riverboat walking by the levee Keep her steady as you go Think I hear the captain say Full ahead we're on our way Three fathoms below Way up the river we go Keep on a-moving gotta beat old Dixie Or we'll come back empty I know Way down the river I can hear her whistle blow This old riverboat churning muddy water Ease er' down and take it slow Can't you hear that rumbling sound Lord, I think we've run aground No fathoms below You'd better pray it ain't so We're mucking bottom, and here comes old Dixie Singing who's got that cotton to sell? Ah, but when she's passing We're rising high on her swell We're on the move again These two riverboats, racing up the river Then old Dixie runs aground There she stands high and dry And we're walking right on by I can see the lights of town We're gonna roll that cotton down This old riverboat seen a lot of water Lot of cotton, you can bet You can ask anyone you meet They say she can't be beat She ain't never been yet Can't you hear that whistle blow Way up the river we go Walking up the river we go Up and down the river we go
The New Christy Minstrels "Today" |