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
[00:08.49]I was born and raised on the river [00:11.70]It's the only life that I know [00:15.66]People around here have put a name on me [00:18.86]And I hear it wherever I go [00:21.57]They call me river boy river boy [00:27.35]Good for nothing river boy [00:30.13]This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy [00:33.39]When you're nothing but a river boy [00:38.94]I do a lot of fishing on the river [00:42.60]To make my living you see [00:45.92]When I take my catch to the market place [00:49.81]The people call out to me [00:52.60]And they say river boy hey river boy [00:57.80]You got any fish today there river boy [01:00.61]I sell my ware but nobody cares [01:03.77]About the feelings of the river boy [01:06.56] [01:15.00]There's a pretty girl works at the market place [01:18.75]I see her there everyday [01:22.46]But when I try to talk to her [01:26.21]I can hear her papa say [01:28.53]Come away from that river boy he's a river boy [01:34.36]Nothing but riff raff them river boys [01:37.40]No girl of mine is gonna waste her time [01:40.22]On a good for nothing river boy [01:45.57]So I head my boat back up the river [01:49.62]Back to my old fishing place [01:52.80]I'm afraid this ol river's gonna overflow [01:56.46]From the tears a falling down my face [01:59.66]I'm nothing but a river boy river boy [02:05.09]A good for nothing river boy [02:08.02]This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy [02:11.22]When you're nothing but a river boy [02:16.29]River boy river boy [02:19.60]A good for nothing river boy [02:23.46]River boy [02:26.10]A good for nothing river boy
