GOIN' UP THE RIVER Â SPENCER BOHREN, 1994



I'm goin' up the river

Where the air is fresh and clean

I'm goin' up the river

Where the air is fresh and clean

I'm goin' back to Natchez

Prettiest place you ever seen



I left home that mornin'

Lord, I was walkin' down the trace

I left home that mornin'

Walkin' down the trace

Caught a ride to Mobile

Lord, I met the Devil in that place



When your Mama left me

I didn't have no place to go

When your Mama left me

Son, I didn't have no place to go

Wanderin' 'round the country

Soon be knockin' at your door



So I'm goin' up the river

Where the air is fresh and clean

I'm goin' up the river

Where the air is fresh and clean

I'm goin' back to Natchez

Prettiest place I ever seen