So Sang The River

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I am the Missouri and I travel on down Across the Dakotas by the midwestern towns And, I water your farms with my silvery hand And forever I'll travel in the heard of the land [Verse 2] I am the Ohio and my water is wide By the banks of Kentucky, I travel with pride From the old Allegheny forever I'll run And I'll carry your people in the light of the sun [Chorus] So sang the river as its waters glided low So sang the river, I've a long long way to go [Verse 3] I am the border, the old Rio Grande My waters they cut through the southwestern land From the deserts and badlands through the canyons so deep I'll stretch my green ribbon and I never will sleep [Chorus] So sang the river as its waters glided low So sang the river, I've a long long way to go [Verse 4] I am the American and I carry the gold In the hills of California my story was told Of how men with the fever fell on me like rain And dug for my treasure 'til nothing remained [Chorus] So sang the river as its waters glided low So sang the river, I've a long long way to go [Instrumental] [Verse 5] I am the Hudson, the Merrimac, too The Snake and the Pecos, the Green and the Blue And my waters they run just as sure as a song And forever I'll sing if you let me live on [Chorus and Outro] So sang the river as its waters glided low So sang the river, I've a long long way to go So sang the river as its waters glided low So sang the river, I've a long long way to go So sang the river, I've a long long way to go So sang the river, I've a long long way to go