I was born in the path of the winter wind

Raised where the mountains are old

Their springtime waters came dancing down

I remember the tales they told

The whistling ways of my younger days

Too quickly have faded on by

But all of their memories linger on

Like the light in a fading sky

River take me along

In your sunshine

Sing me your song

Ever moving and winding and free

You rolling old river

You changing old river

Let's you and me river run down to the sea

I've been to the city and back again

I've been moved by some things that I've learned

Met a lot of good people and I ' ve called them friends

Felt the change when the seasons turned

I've heard all the songs that the children sing

And listened to love's melodies

I've felt my own music within me rise

Like the wind in the autumn trees

River take me along

In your sunshine

Sing me your song

Ever moving and winding and free

You rolling old river

You changing old river

Let's you and me river run down to the sea

Someday when the flowers are blooming still

Someday when the grass is still green

My rolling waters will round the bend

And flow into the open sea

So here's to the rainbow that followed me here

And here's to the friends that I know

And here's to the song that's within me now

I will sing it where 'er I go

River take me along

In your sunshine

Sing me your song

Ever moving and winding and free

You rolling old river

You changing old river

Let's you and me river run down to the sea