The River Driver

E I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive, A E B After six months hard labour, at home I did arrive. A E C#m I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam, E C#m G#m C#m Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home. E I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry, A E B Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by, A E B And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam, E A C#m E For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home. E I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high, A E B Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by A E C#m Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on, E C#m G#m C#m For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home. E I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry, A E B Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by, A E B And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam, E A C#m E For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home. E When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie, A E B Just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die A E C#m Just get a little bluebird to sing for me alone, E C#m G#m C#m For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home. E I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry, A E B Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by, A E B And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam, E A C#m E For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home. E I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry, A E B Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by, A E B And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam, E A C#m E For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home. E A C#m E For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.