New Frontier: Riverboat man [lyrics]

New Frontier: Riverboat man [lyrics]

New Frontier

Riverboat man

My daddy died at twenty seven

Said he was a righteous man

They buried him in the fields he plowed

Without a dime in his hand

I've got three little brothers bigger than me

To take good care of momma

So take me where the river rolls

I do just what I wanna

I hear that riverboat at passin' by

I kiss my baby say goodbay

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Won't you take me down the river

Won't you take me

I'm a riverboat man

Somebody told me 'bout California

They sang about a gold dust dream

All my dreams are down by the river

Floatin' on the Delta Queen

I got a two dollar fiddle in my hand

Derringer up my sleeve

Keepin' time with a dixie band

Keepin' time with me

I hear that riverboat passin' by

I kiss my baby say goodbye

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Sweet girls stopped and smiling at me

Smile at the riverboat man

Riverboat docked at Jackson Square

As the sun was goin' down

We followed the music up pirates alley

On the way to rue Royale

All the cobbled streets in Vieux Carre

With all the red lights on

The women smile from the balconies

They know whats goin' on

I hear that riverboat passin' by

I kiss my baby say goodbye

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