The Whirl And The Suck Lyrics - Johnny Cash

It took a mighty good man with salty hands 

And a mighty long raft to keep the fore before the act 

You take ten good men and guts and luck 

And you might navigate the whirl and the suck 

Well the Tennessee River changed its mind at Chattanooga she oughta unwind 

She could a run right on the Georgia Sea but she cut right back through Tennessee 

Well the settlers come by raft and boat bringin' everything that could stay a float 

But like a loco horse that'll twist and buck 

They hardly ever made it through the whirl and the suck 

It took a mighty good man... 

When General Washington was in his knicker bocks 

The Cherokee Indians through the Chattanooga Rocks 

And the Chickamagua tribe and the Nickajack 

They kept the watch where the river cut back 

And if a raft or a boat ever rode the bend 

The Indians got 'em cause they had 'em hemmed in 

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