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The River Driver
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I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,
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After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.
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I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,
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Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
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Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
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And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,
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Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by
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Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
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Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
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And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie,
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Just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die
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Just get a little bluebird to sing for me alone,
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
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Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
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And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
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Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
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And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.
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