The day the river freezes

Is the day it won´t seem fair

´Cause 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 ships gone away



Water turns cold and gets ta freezin´

Before you even know it

The old girl´s easin´

Away from her berth

Round by the point

And out of our view



Off in the mist

Her engine´s woundin´

Like on the banks

That old horn´s soundin´

A little goodbye

A little I´ll do what I must do



A little goodbye

A little I´ll do what I must do



A da da dum, dum, dum, da da da dum dum



I know I will remember

When I cannot 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

´Cause she´s won so many battles

That I hate to see her lose



Water turns cold and gets ta freezin´

Before you even know it

The old girl´s easin´

Away from her berth

Round by the point

And out of our view



A little goodbye

A little I´ll do, what I must do



The water turns cold

And gets to freezin´

Before you even know it

The old girl´s easin´

Away from her berth

´Round by the point

And out of our view



Off in the mist

Her engine´s boundin´

Like on the banks

That old horn´s soundin´

A little goodbye

A little I´ll do

What I must do



A little goodbye

A little I´ll do

What I must do



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