Now I taught the weeping willow

How to cry

And I showed the clouds how to cover

Up a clear blue sky

And the tears that I cried for that woman

Are gonna flood you Big River

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Well I met her accidentally

In St Paul Minnesota

And it tore me up every time

I heard her drawl Southern drawl

Then I heard my dream was back downstream

Cavorting in Davenport

And I followed you Big River

When you called

Then you took me to St Louis later on

Down the river

A freighter said she's been here

But she's gone boy she's gone

I found her trail in Memphis

But she just walked up the block

She raised a few eyebrows

And then she went on down alone

Now won't you batter down

By Baton Rouge River Queen roll it on

Oh take that woman on down

To New Orleans New Orleans

Go on I've had enough

Dump my blues down in the gulf

She loves you Big River more than me

Now I taught the weeping willow

How to cry cry cry

And I showed the clouds

How to cover up a clear blue sky

And the tears that I cried for that woman

Are gonna flood you Big River

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

And the tears that I cried for that woman

Are gonna flood you Big River

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Get on

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