[Intro]
  

[Verse]
        
Thought I'd si

ng to the rive

r
             
Just cheer her

        
 on her way

She's a blue o

ld girl
             
That no one ca

              
res to travel 

   
on these days

       
I know some sa

y she's lazy
             
She was fast e

        
nough before

Half of every 

cotton crop
             
Came floating 

        
past my door

          
And there used

 to be a dance

 hall
              
When the gambl

              
ing boat still

 
 ran
    
The air was fu

ll of lamp lig

ht
              
And the sound 

         
of dixie land


But the riverm

en have gone n

ow
             
She's a melanc

      
holy girl

She never sees

 the delta que

en
             
Or the Alabama

 
 pearl

        
And she looks 

like she's lon

ely
             
As she tumbles

        
 to the sea

She's headed d

own to Mexico
             
To find some c

  
ompany

[Interlude]
   
   
   
   

[Verse]

Well the only 

time I cursed 

her
             
Was the spring

      
 of '65
    
She rolled acr

oss my bean fi

eld
             
Looking more t

              
han ten miles 


wide

       
Well I shoulda

 seen it comin

'
             
As it does fro

          
m time to time
  
A woman's gonn

a make a fuss
            
When no one pa

            
ys her any min

d

           
So thought I'd

 sing to the r

iver
             
Just cheer her

        
 on her way

She's a blue o

ld girl
             
that no one ca

             
res to travel 

         
on these days


She's a blue o

ld girl
     
that no one ca

res
             
to travel on t

     
hese days

[Outro]