Charlie Poole - If The River Was Whiskey lyrics

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If the river was whiskey and I was a duck<br />

I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up<br />

Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?<br />

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If the river was whiskey and the branch was wine<br />

You would see me in bathing just any old time<br />

Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?<br />

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I was born in England, raised in France<br />

I ordered a suit of clothes and they wouldn't send the pants<br />

Tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?<br />

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I was born in Alabama, I’s raised in Tennessee<br />

If you don't like my peaches, don't shake on my tree<br />

Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?<br />

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I looked down the road just as far as I could see<br />

A man had my woman and the blues had me<br />

Tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?<br />

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I ain't no doctor but the doctor's son<br />

I can do the doct'rin' till the doctor comes<br />

Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?<br />

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Got the hesitation stockings, the hesitation shoes<br />

Believe to my Lord, I've got the hesitation blues<br />

Tell me how long have I got to wait?<br />

Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?