Showboat

Well look what's going down the river now

Big steam whistle gonna blow, man, blow

Look what's going down the river now

Let the wheels stop turning, let the anchors go

Show boat, pretty boat, stop a while

Make a little music for the baby to smile

Show boat, pretty boat, you and me

Gonna sail on down to the shiny sea

They go down to fields to the sandy shore

Lay down the plough, leave the milk in the cow

Down to the fields to the sandy shore

Just to look at what's going down the river now

Master's in the cabin with his head hung low

The tide's been a-turning but the boat won't go

Hit rock bottom, left high and dry

Down in the delta where the river runs high

There's a church on my hill, got a brand new choir

Got a big bell tower and it's burnin' hot fire

The graveyard's empty and the book's been closed

Don't pass the plate, just put down the rose

The baby's in the cradle rockin' to and fro

Gonna get out the valley so the shadow don't grow

And if that brand new choir don't sing

I'm gonna get that baby a bell to ring