OLD MAN AND THE RIVER
NOT RELEASED by Roger
There's an old man who lives by the river
In an old log cabin with cracks in the wall
Makes his livin' by catchin' of the fish
If he don't catch many well he can't fix the wall
Oo-ee the whistle of the train,
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
Wade across the river where the water ain't deep
Old man prayed the big fish are bitin'
The time of the year is late in the fall
Winter is a'comin' the wind is gonna whistle
The snows a'gonna blow through the cracks in the wall
Oo-ee the whistle of the train,
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
Wade across the river where the water ain't deep
When the old man was young, about twenty
He courted with a woman he loved most of all
She ran away with the Coon River gambler
Coon River gambler seven feet tall
Oo-ee the whistle of the train,
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
Wade across the river where the water ain't deep