Jimmie Driftwood - Where Is The River Gone lyrics

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(Jimmy Driftwood)

I used to live by an untamed river

In the spot where life was a beautiful dream

A gift to man by the Almighty Giver

But now, the army engineers

Have turned my home to a vale of tears

Where only God could ever find that lovely stream

On the grassy bank of spring fed waters

I washed my feet in the babbling brook

My Father raised his sons and daughters

And where he grew his fields of corn

Went to church on Sunday morn'

I can only see in mem'ries picture-book

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Where oh where, where oh where is the river gone

It used to sing so sweetly, from the darkness to the dawn

I'd loved to see, loved to see it rolling on

Oh where oh where, oh where oh where is the river gone

-Solo-

The flowers bloomin' in the valley

All the lovely things, Mother Nature gave

The sacred spot where I loved pretty Sally

They are always on my mind

I know, I'll never find, for they are gone

Forever to a watery grave

If we could save one untamed river

For the million, yet unborn to see

We'd be akin to the Almighty Giver

And when my race on earth was done

I could face that setting sun

Knowing God and all the world was proud of me

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