作词 : Callery
Yeah take you back in time a bit 
You know a mile around the bend on the 
Ohio Comin up the river for the 
Sunday show 
There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope 
Way in the back there's a big paddlewheel 
Oh yeah! What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat 
What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat 
Yeah well 
Momma took the kids, 
Pomma took the lunch 
The gents took the belles and the whiskey took the drunks 
But the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be 
Was sittin' up front playin steam calliope 
What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat 
What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat 
Yeah there's magic in the air, riddle in the rhymes 
It's slow and easy in the summertime 
Yeah but who'd a ever thought the day would come to be 
When there's oil on the water where clear rivers used to be 
What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat 
What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat 
Yeah a mile around the bend on the 
Ohio Comin up the river for the 
Sunday show 
What a thrill it must have been playin' 
Dixie for the folks 
Up and down the river on the first showboat ....