E

I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,

       A                         E            B

After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.

   A                                 E               C#m

I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,

    E                 C#m           G#m           C#m

Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.



     E

I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

     A                             E           B

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

    A                                   E                 B

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

     E            A            C#m            E

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.



I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,

Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by

Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on, 

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.



I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.