The River Driver

1. I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,

After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.

I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,

Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.

R: I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

2. I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,

Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by

Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

R: I'll eat when I am hungry...