I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat Lyrics - Flatt And Scruggs

Now this is a story about the young man from Natchez Mississippi 

Whose father took a steamboat called the Delta Queen to New Orleans 

And got killed in a poker game 

The young man thought about it for awhile and then decided on revenge 

And he said I'm gonna ride that steamboat 

That steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans 

He got killed in a poker game downtown 

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans 

Some poky Cajun gambler shot him down 

Daddy rode that steamboat, didn't take me along 

And I've been sittin' there thinking all day long 

And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat, take my gun along 

I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong 

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans 

Daddy was pretty good with a deck of cards 

He said that he'd get rich in New Orleans 

'Cause the game's too good and the cash is pourin' high 

But you can win no money when the deck of cards you stack 

And the steamboat never brought my daddy back 

And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat, take my gun along 

I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong 

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans 

I know he wanted that money for us kids 

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans 

Now mama won't forgive the things he did 

Daddy rode that steamboat, never took mom along 

And she's been sittin' there crying all day long 

And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat, take my gun along 

I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong 

I'll get that man who's done my daddy wrong