Big River

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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
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And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
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And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

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I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
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And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
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Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
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And I followed 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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I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. 
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She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.

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Now, won'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, I"ve had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.
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She loves you, Big River, more than me.

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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
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and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
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And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.