This Ol' Riverboat

This ol' riverboat
 Walkin' up the river
 Keep her steady as you go
 Heave the lead and pay the line
 Now, we're markin' on the twine
 Four fathoms below
 Way up the river, we go
 This ol' riverboat
 Walkin' by the levee
 Keep her steady as you go
 Think I hear the captain say
 "Full ahead, we're on our way"
 Three fathoms below
 Way up the river we go
 Keep on a-movin'
 Gotta beat ol' Dixie
 Or we'll come back empty
 I know
 Way down the river, I can hear her whistle blow
 (Here she comes!)
 (I can see her now!)
 This ol' riverboat
 Churnin' muddy water
 Ease 'er down, and take it slow
 Can't you hear that rumblin' sound?
 Lord, I think we've run aground
 No fathoms below
 You'd better pray it ain't so
 We're muckin' bottom
 And here comes ol' Dixie
 Singin', "who's got that cotton to sell?"
 Ah, but when she's passin'
 We're risin' high on her swell
 (Ah-ha! Yeah!)
 We're on the move again
 These two riverboats
 Racin' up the river
 Then ol' Dixie runs aground
 There she stands high and dry
 And we're walkin' right on by
 I can see the lights of town
 We're gonna roll that cotton down
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 This ol' riverboat
 Seen a lot of water
 Lot of cotton, you can bet
 You can ask anyone you meet
 They say she can't be beat
 She ain't never been, yet
 Can't you hear that whistle blow?
 Way up the river, we go!
 Walkin' up the river, we go
 Up and down the river, we go