I was born and raised on the river It's the only life that I know People around here have put a name on me And I hear it wherever I go They call me river boy river boy Good for nothing river boy This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy When you're nothing but a river boy I do a lot of fishing on the river To make my living you see When I take my catch to the market place The people call out to me And they say river boy hey river boy You got any fish today there river boy I sell my ware but nobody cares About the feelings of the river boy
There's a pretty girl works at the market place I see her there everyday But when I try to talk to her I can hear her papa say Come away from that river boy he's a river boy Nothing but riff raff them river boys No girl of mine is gonna waste her time On a good for nothing river boy So I head my boat back up the river Back to my old fishing place I'm afraid this ol river's gonna overflow From the tears a falling down my face I'm nothing but a river boy river boy A good for nothing river boy This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy When you're nothing but a river boy River boy river boy A good for nothing river boy River boy A good for nothing river boy
[00:08.21]I was born and raised on the river [00:11.37]It's the only life that I know [00:15.38]People around here have put a name on me [00:18.58]And I hear it wherever I go [00:21.29]They call me river boy river boy [00:27.07]Good for nothing river boy [00:29.85]This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy [00:33.11]When you're nothing but a river boy [00:38.66]I do a lot of fishing on the river [00:42.22]To make my living you see [00:45.54]When I take my catch to the market place [00:49.43]The people call out to me [00:52.17]And they say river boy hey river boy [00:57.42]You got any fish today there river boy [01:00.23]I sell my ware but nobody cares [01:03.39]About the feelings of the river boy [01:06.28] [01:14.42]There's a pretty girl works at the market place [01:18.17]I see her there everyday [01:21.88]But when I try to talk to her [01:25.67]I can hear her papa say [01:27.95]Come away from that river boy he's a river boy [01:33.83]Nothing but riff raff them river boys [01:36.87]No girl of mine is gonna waste her time [01:39.64]On a good for nothing river boy [01:45.04]So I head my boat back up the river [01:49.07]Back to my old fishing place [01:52.22]I'm afraid this ol river's gonna overflow [01:55.93]From the tears a falling down my face [01:59.13]I'm nothing but a river boy river boy [02:04.36]A good for nothing river boy [02:07.27]This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy [02:10.44]When you're nothing but a river boy [02:15.61]River boy river boy [02:18.87]A good for nothing river boy [02:22.78]River boy [02:25.42]A good for nothing river boy
