The Delaware River

(Mark Cohen 1983)



A second repeat of the chorus may be added at the very end if sung in the

broadest Philadelphia accent. [Hint: ''water'' is pronounced ''wooder.'']



Hi, ho, the Delaware River,

It's gloomy and grimy and makes quite a stink.

In Philly they'll feed you the finest of foods

But it's Delaware water you drink.



'Way up in the North as a trick'lin' stream

The Delaware's born in a small mountain pass.

They call that the headwater, so it might seem

That makes Philadelphia the Delaware's . . . port.

Now, fishin' the Delaware's not too much fun,

But once I met quite a successful young man --

He told me that it was most easily done

By baiting his hook with a Budweiser can.

There's a river in Cleveland, the great Cuyahoga,

Caught fire one day just like it had been hexed,

And the people from Tinicum up to Tioga

Will tell you the Delaware's gonna be next.



Our fair city boasts of another fine creek,

Spelled S-C-H-U-Y-L-K-I-L-L.

A friend of mine drank from the Schuylkill* last week

Now he's asking for Delaware water in Hell.



[* pronounced ''skookle''

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