Stono River Blues Lyrics - Swimmin' Time - Shovels & Rope

I moor my boat on the old Stono 

That river take you anywhere 

That you wanna go 

Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto 

But don't get caught in the mud 

When the tide gets low 

There's so much rivers 

Where I live down south 

The ocean pours outta 

The river's mouth 

And the fish don't care 

If they're fresh or brine 

When theyr're frying in that cast iron 

Skillet of mine 

I moor my boat in the old Stono 

That river take you anywhere 

That you wanna go 

Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto 

But don't get caught in the mud 

When the tide gets low 

I gotta sister on Wadmalaw 

She floats all day in the Ledenwah 

One day she left the chickens in charge 

And floated off to Heaven on a party barge 

I moor my boat in the old Stono 

That river take you anywhere 

That you wanna go 

Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto 

But don't get caught in the mud 

When the tide gets low 

The mayor borrowed 

All of the money he need 

To put in a bridge 

With deliberate speed 

Then they cut down the oaks 

With a tip of his hat 

And God will never 

Forgive him for that 

Jasmine grown wild, 

High in the trees 

Smells like Heaven 

But it grows like a weed 

You don't need much 

To be happy, 

The boat cost money 

But the shrimp is free 

Rebellion runs in the blood 

Round here 

Runs in the water and earth 

Down here 

It was a conflagration 

That first caught fire 

On the the 9th of 9, 1739 

I moor my boat in the old Stono 

That river take you anywhere 

That you wanna go 

Sail in the Ashley or the Edisto 

But don't get caught in the mud 

When the tide gets low