Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Sara Watkins
Canonical path: /sara-watkins/long-hot-summer-day
Related lyric paths: 6
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Long Hot Summer Day
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Long Hot Summer Day
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Gonna pick up some of them empties here
Just as soon as we know where they lay
Tied off of them jolly and leaving lines
On a long hot summer day
For every day i work on the illinois river
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long i'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day
Well, i got me a gal in peking
She's a good ol' gal okay
I bet she's sitting a window fan
On a long hot summer day
For every day i work on the illinois river
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long i'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day
Last night we had pork for supper
Today it'll be chicken consomme
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
On a long hot summer day
For every day i work on the illinois river
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long i'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day
Well, we put a man off in beardstown
When we come down yesterday
I'm gonna off down at alton
On a long hot summer day
For every day i work on the illinois river
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long i'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day
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