I'll never swim Ker River again. It was there that I met her. It was there that I lost my best friend. And now I live in the mountains. I drifted up here with the wind. And I may drown in still water, But I'll never swim Kern River again. I grew up in an oil town, But my gusher never came in.
And the river was a boundary Where my darlin' and I use to swim. One night in the moonlight The swiftness swept her live away. And now I live on Lake Shasta and Lake Shasta is where I will stay. There's the South San Joaquin, Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
And there's a place called Mount Whitney From where the mighty Kern River comes down.
Well, it's not deep nor wide,
But it's a mean piece of water my friend.
And I may cross on the highway,
But I'll never swim Kern River again.
I'll never swim Kern River again. It was there I first met her. It was there that I lost my best friend.
And now I live in the mountains. I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may drown in still water, But I'll never swim Kern River again.
I'll never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her. It was there that I lost my best friend.
And now I live in the mountains. I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may cross on the highway,
But I'll never swim Kern River again.
[00:05.22]I'll never swim Ker River again. [00:09.28]It was there that I met her. [00:13.09]It was there that I lost my best friend. [00:19.30]And now I live in the mountains. [00:22.68]I drifted up here with the wind. [00:29.16]And I may drown in still water, [00:32.03]But I'll never swim Kern River again. [00:39.32]I grew up in an oil town, [00:42.41]But my gusher never came in. [00:47.16] [00:49.28]And the river was a boundary [00:51.65]Where my darlin' and I use to swim. [00:59.49]One night in the moonlight [01:02.06]The swiftness swept her live away. [01:09.93]And now I live on Lake Shasta and [01:12.18]Lake Shasta is where I will stay. [01:19.18]There's the South San Joaquin, [01:21.87]Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found. [01:27.31] [01:28.87]And there's a place called Mount Whitney [01:32.00]From where the mighty Kern River comes down. [01:34.87] [01:39.25]Well, it's not deep nor wide, [01:40.28] [01:41.78]But it's a mean piece of water my friend. [01:48.22] [01:49.24]And I may cross on the highway, [01:51.32] [01:51.95]But I'll never swim Kern River again. [01:55.58] [01:59.55]I'll never swim Kern River again. [02:04.55]It was there I first met her. [02:08.17]It was there that I lost my best friend. [02:11.55] [02:14.49]And now I live in the mountains. [02:17.68]I drifted up here with the wind. [02:21.29] [02:24.62]And I may drown in still water, [02:27.42]But I'll never swim Kern River again. [02:30.55] [03:13.47]I'll never swim Kern River again. [03:17.28] [03:19.53]It was there I first met her. [03:22.34]It was there that I lost my best friend. [03:27.35] [03:28.47]And now I live in the mountains. [03:31.28]I drifted up here with the wind. [03:34.85] [03:38.22]And I may cross on the highway, [03:40.53] [03:41.53]But I'll never swim Kern River again.
