Bill Monroe - Old Riverman lyrics

Old riverman's lonesome, old riverman's blue He's working on the river with the riverman blues On the Lakeview Highway, that's the riverman's home And home is where the heart is and he's all alone But when he hears that steamboat whistle blow He can feel that river in his soul Old riverman's lonesome, old riverman's blue He's working on the river with the riverman blues Three thousand miles old riverman goes Down the Mississippi River and the Ohio The Missouri and the Cumberland, Tennessee and Illinois Monongahela, Allegheny and the big Conoy But you just watch that old riverman's eyes He always knows when the river's going to rise Old riverman's lonesome, old riverman's blue He's working on the river with the riverman blues He's working on the river with the riverman blues