The River Driver

Great Big Sea

1. I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,
   After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.
   I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,
   Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.
   
R: I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,
   Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,
   And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
   For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

2. I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,
   Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by
   Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,
   For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

R: I'll eat when I am hungry...