Whittaker Roger River Lady lyrics

The day the river freezes, is the day it won't seem fair
'Cos they'll come to get the River Lady, and I don't think they'll care
I know they'll scrape her paint off, in their same old foolish ways
Now the people see the river, but the old ship's gone away

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Water turns cold and gets to freezing
Before you even know it, the old girl's easing
Away from her berth, round by the point and out of our view
Off in the mist her engine's poundin, back on the banks that old horn's sounding
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do


I know I will remember when I can not hear that horn
That would roll up by the mountains, as she took us through the storm
I know they've got to take her
But I can't say I approve
'Cos she's won so many battles, that I hate to see her lose

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