CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (On a Sunday Afternoon)

Blue Baron/Russ Morgan

- words and music by Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton, two middle-aged women

who wrote the song to win a British songwriting contest in 1945

- sung by the crew of H.M.S. Amethyst as it made its historic dash down the

Yangtze River in 1949



Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

With one you love, the sun above waiting for the moon

The old accordian playing a sentimental tune

Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

The birds above all sing of love, a gentle sweet refrain

The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain

Just two of us together, we'll plan a honeymoon

Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon