Gum Tree Canoe Lyrics - Good'le Days: Essential Recordings - John Hartford

On Tombigbee river so bright I was born, 

In a hut made ob husks ob de tall yaller corn, 

An dar I fust meet wid my Jula so true 

An I row'd her about In my Gum Tree Canoe 

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Singing row away row, O'er the waters so blue, 

Like a feather we'll float, In my Gum Tree Canoe 

All day in de field de soft cotton I hoe, 

I tink of my Jula an sing as I go, 

Oh I catch her a bird, wid a wing ob true blue, 

An at night sail her round in my Gum Tree Canoe. 

Singing row away 

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Wid my hands on de banjo and toe on de oar, 

I sing to de sound ob the rivers soft roar; 

While de stars dey look down at my Jula so true, 

An' dance in her eye in my Gum Tree Canoe. 

Singing row away 

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