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Artist: Burning Spear
Canonical path: /burning-spear/any-river
Related lyric paths: 6
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Any River
Read Any River lyrics by Burning Spear on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Any River
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Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside,
Oh I love a girl. I love her so,
I really, really want her to know.
She could be from Africa
She could be from America
She could be from Jamaica
All I know I love a girl.
Oh I love a girl. I love her so,
I really, really want her to know.
/: Don't break this heart that love you
Don't break this heart that love you
And neither tear it apart
I love you, oh yes, it's true, dear
I will hold you tight tonight
Have something real nice to say,
Have something real nice to say,
We will hold hands in hands
We will sing, I think, happy songs.
We will be, I think, side by side
Down by the riverside
The beautiful riverside
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Burning Spear performs "Any River", and this lyric page sits inside the Burning Spear catalog on LyroVerse.
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