Riverboat Lyrics - Faron Young

(Bill Anderson) 

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. 

--- Instrumental --- 

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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 in the Memphis jail. 

--- Instrumental --- 

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. 

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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...