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Now a taught the weepin willow how ta cry
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And a showed the clouds how ta cover up,the clear blue sky
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And the tears a cried for that woman,are gonna,flood you big river 
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Then am gonna sit right here until a die


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I met her accidently in St Paul,Minnesota
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An it tore me up everytime a heard her drawl,Southern drawl
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Then a heard ma dream was back downstream cavortin in Davenport
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And a follwed you,big river,when you called


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Then you took me to St Louis,later on,down the river
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A freighter said she's been here but she's gone,boy she's gone
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A found her trail in Memphis,but she just walked up the block
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She raised a few eyebrows,and then went on down alone


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Now don't you batter down by Baton Rouge,River Queen,roll it on      
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Take that woman on down to New Orleans,New Orleans
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Go on a've had enough,dump ma blues down in the gulf
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She loves you,big river,more than me