Blue River - Bix Beiderbecke Written by:Bryan-Meye/N. Washington/V. Young Tell me why your song is sad never glad Blue river blue river Do you hold the memory Of a vanished dream Sing to me of lips I've pressed and caressed Blue river blue river Till I saw my hopes Go drifting down your stream Can we both forget the cry Summer night in a little canoe When her blue eyes lost their light As we whispered adieu When I hear your lonesome song And know something's wrong Blue river blue river Maybe it's because I'm just as blue as you