The River Driver Lyrics

The song The River Driver is performed by Great Big Sea in the album named The Hard & The Easy in the year 2005 .



I was just the age of sixteen
When I first went on the drive
After six months hard labour
At home I did arrive
And courted with a pretty girl
'Twas her caused me to roam
Now I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home

CHORUS:
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 the river don't drown me
It's down I'll need to roam
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 an view me
As I go pa*sin' by
Where she can sit an view me
As I go marchin' on
For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home

CHORUS

When I am old and feeble
And in my sickness lie
Just wrap me up in a blanket
And lay me down to die
Just get a little bluebird
To sing for me alone
For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home

CHOTUS x2

For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home



Great Big Sea - The Hard & The Easy

Oct 2005

  1. Come and I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles)
  2. Old Polina
  3. The River Driver
  4. The Mermaid
  5. Captain Kidd
  6. Graceful & Charming (Sweet Forget-Me-Not)
  7. Concerning Charlie Horse
  8. Harbour LeCou
  9. Tishialuk Girls Set
  10. French Shore
  11. Cod Liver Oil
  12. Tickle Cove Pond

The River Driver