Riverboat (2021 Remastered Version) - Faron Young
Well I spent the better part of my life on a Mississippi riverboat
I used to be known from coast to coast as the slickest gambler afloat
I've dealt the cards from Minnesota to the harbor in new Orleans
I made a lotta big money on the riverboat
I loved a lotta pretty riverboat queens
Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail
I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail
Oh a big man got on the riverboat our last time in st Paul
He had a lotta money but his luck went bad
And the riverboat won it all
He said I dealt from the bottom of the deck
And he pulled a shiny knife
But before that gambler lunged at me my 44 took his life
Riverboat riverboat
I love your whistle's wail
I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of to jail
Well they came on the boat and they took me to jail
When we got to Tennessee
A gamblin' man has very few friends guess nobody cared for me
So I might be here for a many long years
But if I ever get out
I'm gonna head straight for that levee and get me
A riverboat headin' south
Riverboat riverboat
I love your whistle's wail
I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail
Stead of in the Memphis jail
