River Lady
The day the river freezes
Is the day it wonÒ‘t seem fair
ÒCause theyÒ‘ll come to get the River Lady
And I donÒ‘t think theyÒ‘ll care
I know theyÒ‘ll scrape her paint off
In their same old foolish ways
Now the people see the river
But the old ships gone away
Water turns cold and gets ta freezinÒ‘
Before you even know it
The old girlÒ‘s easinÒ‘
Away from her berth
Round by the point
And out of our view
Off in the mist
Her engineÒ‘s woundinÒ‘
Like on the banks
That old hornÒ‘s soundinÒ‘
A little goodbye
A little IÒ‘ll do what I must do
A little goodbye
A little IÒ‘ll do what I must do
A da da dum, dum, dum, da da da dum dum
I know I will remember
When I cannot hear that horn
That would roll up by the mountains
As she took us through the storm
I know theyÒ‘ve got to take her
But I canÒ‘t say I approve
ÒCause sheÒ‘s won so many battles
That I hate to see her lose
Water turns cold and gets ta freezinÒ‘
Before you even know it
The old girlÒ‘s easinÒ‘
Away from her berth
Round by the point
And out of our view
A little goodbye
A little IÒ‘ll do, what I must do
The water turns cold
And gets to freezinÒ‘
Before you even know it
The old girlÒ‘s easinÒ‘
Away from her berth
ÒRound by the point
And out of our view
Off in the mist
Her engineÒ‘s boundinÒ‘
Like on the banks
That old hornÒ‘s soundinÒ‘
A little goodbye
A little IÒ‘ll do
What I must do
A little goodbye
A little IÒ‘ll do
What I must do
Dum da da da-dum...