Sara Watkins - Long Hot Summer Days lyrics

Gonna pick up some of them empties here Just as soon as we know where they lay Tied off of them jolly and leaving lines On a long hot summer day For every day i work on the illinois river Get a half a day off with pay All day long i'm makin' up barges On a long hot summer day Well, i got me a gal in peking She's a good ol' gal okay I bet she's sitting a window fan On a long hot summer day For every day i work on the illinois river Get a half a day off with pay All day long i'm makin' up barges On a long hot summer day Last night we had pork for supper Today it'll be chicken consomme And a fruit jar full of iced tea On a long hot summer day For every day i work on the illinois river Get a half a day off with pay All day long i'm makin' up barges On a long hot summer day Well, we put a man off in beardstown When we come down yesterday I'm gonna off down at alton On a long hot summer day For every day i work on the illinois river Get a half a day off with pay All day long i'm makin' up barges On a long hot summer day