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The River Driver

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The River Driver

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I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive

After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive

I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her 'caused me to roam

Now I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high

Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by

Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie

Just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die

Just get a little bluebird to sing for me alone

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home

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