Way down on Mississippi big river came a mighty big man
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He built a town on that river and owned everything in that glen
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He fell in love and married a girl she was young and mean and wild
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He tried to tame her but it couldn't been done it was too late to devil's own child
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Big river (keep on growin' growin') big man (keep on growin' growin')
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Big river (keep on growin' growin') big man (keep on growin' growin')
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The love you have for greed and power surely pull you down
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You lose your friends you lose your soul in that darn city to big man's town
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Big river (keep on growin' growin') big man (keep on growin' growin')
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Big river (keep on growin' growin') big man (keep on growin' growin')
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Look down in the water all around you hear the steamboat whistle blow
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Come on big man get a movin' you got a long way to go
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Just like a big river big man you gotta move on and on
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Take your money keep your dough you're gonna be left all alone
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Big river (keep on growin' growin')...
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Big River Big Man
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Claude King |