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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

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, cavortin' 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

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