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I was just the age of sixteen |
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When I first went on the drive |
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After six months hard labour |
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At home I did arrive |
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And courted with a pretty girl' |
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Twas her caused me to roam |
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Now I'm a |
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River Driver and |
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I'm far away from home |
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CHORUS:I'll eat when |
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I am hungry |
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And I'll drink when |
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I am dryGet drunk whenever |
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I'm readyGet sober by and by |
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And if the river don't drown me |
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It's down |
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I'll need to roam |
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For I'm a |
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River Driver and |
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I'm far away from home |
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I'll build a lonesome castle |
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Upon some mountain high |
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Where she can sit an view me |
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As I go passin' by |
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Where she can sit an view me |
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As I go marchin' on |
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For I'm a |
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River Driver and |
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I'm far away from home |
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CHORUSWhen |
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I am old and feeble |
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And in my sickness lie |
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Just wrap me up in a blanket |
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And lay me down to die |
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Just get a little bluebird |
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To sing for me alone |
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For I'm a |
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River Driver and |
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I'm far away from home |
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CHOTUS x2For |
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I'm a River |
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Driver and |
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I'm far away from home |
