Yeah take you back in time a bit
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You know a mile around the bend on the Ohio
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Comin up the river for the Sunday show
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There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope
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Way in the back there's a big paddlewheel
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Oh yeah! What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat
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What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat
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Yeah well Momma took the kids, Pomma took the lunch
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The gents took the belles and the whiskey took the drunks
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But the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be
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Was sittin' up front playin steam calliope
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What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat
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What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat
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Yeah there's magic in the air, riddle in the rhymes
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It's slow and easy in the summertime
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Yeah but who'd a ever thought the day would come to be
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When there's oil on the water where clear rivers used to be
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What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat
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What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat
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Yeah a mile around the bend on the Ohio
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Comin up the river for the Sunday show
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What a thrill it must have been playin' Dixie for the folks
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Up and down the river on the first showboat ....
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The First Showboat
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| Jerry Jeff Walker |
