When I left it was rainin', so nobody saw me cry
Yeah, I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
Yeah, he loves you, Big River, more than me
But there wasn't that much to make a rounder stay very long
And the tears I cried for that man, they're gonna flood you, Big River
And I followed you, Big River, when you called
And the tears I cried for that woman were gonna flood you Big River
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone
Yeah, now I'm gonna sit right here until I die, until I die
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die
And take that man on down to New Orleans, I said, New Orleans
Now I met him accidentally in St. Paul Minnesota
With the, I've had enough, with my blues down in the gulf
Well, I pulled into Natchez next day down the river
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, rollin' on
Big River, why are you doin' me this way
Then I heard my dream, went back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
She raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard his drawl as Southern Drawl
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Well, I'm gonna sit right here until I die
