| Lyrics: | Now I taught the weepin' willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear
blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, Big River
Then
I'm gonna sit right here until I die
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl
Then I heard my dream
was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
And I followed you, Big River, when you called
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
A freighter said she's
been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked
up the block
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone
Now,
won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on
Take that woman on down to New
Orleans, New Orleans
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf
She loves
you, Big River, more than me
(Repeat first verse |
