The River Driver

[00:00.72] I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,
[00:05.88] After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.
[00:11.38] I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,
[00:16.86] Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[00:23.43] I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
[00:28.43] Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
[00:34.14] And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
[00:40.67] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[00:47.55] I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,
[00:52.69] Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by
[00:57.88] Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,
[01:03.23] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[01:10.16] I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
[01:15.21] Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
[01:20.67] And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
[01:27.48] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[01:37.01] When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie,
[01:42.07] Just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die
[01:47.40] Just get a little bluebird to sing for me alone,
[01:52.65] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[01:59.14] I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
[02:04.55] Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
[02:10.07] And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
[02:16.67] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[02:23.24] I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
[02:28.67] Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
[02:34.07] And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
[02:40.68] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
[02:46.03] For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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