So Sang The River

I am the Missouri and I travel on down
Across the Dakotas by the midwestern towns
Oh, I water your farms with my silvery hand
And forever I'll travel in the heard of the land

I am tho Ohio and my water is wide
By the banks of Kentucky, I travel with pride
From the old Allegheny forever I'll run
And I'll carry your people in the light of the sun

So sang the river as its waters glided low
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go

I am the border, the old Rio Grande
My waters they cut through the southwestern land
From the deserts and badlands through the canyons so deep
I'll stretch my green ribbon and I never will sleep

So sang the river as its waters glided low
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go

I am the American and I carry the gold
In the hills of California my story was told
Of how men with the fever fell on me like rain
And dug for my treasure 'til nothing remained

So sang the river as its waters glided low
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go

I am the Hudson, the Merrimac, too
The Snake and the Pecos, the Green and the Blue
And my waters they run just as sure as a song
And forever I'll sing if you let me live on

So sang the river as its waters glided low
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go

So sang the river as its waters glided low
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go
So sang the river, I've a long long way to go