The River Driver

I was just the age of sixteen
When I first went on the drive
After six months hard labour
At home I did arrive
And courted with a pretty girl'
Twas her caused me to roam
Now I'm a
River Driver and
I'm far away from home
CHORUS:I'll eat when
I am hungry
And I'll drink when
I am dryGet drunk whenever
I'm readyGet sober by and by
And if the river don't drown me
It's down
I'll need to roam
For I'm a
River Driver and
I'm far away from home
I'll build a lonesome castle
Upon some mountain high
Where she can sit an view me
As I go passin' by
Where she can sit an view me
As I go marchin' on
For I'm a
River Driver and
I'm far away from home
CHORUSWhen
I am old and feeble
And in my sickness lie
Just wrap me up in a blanket
And lay me down to die
Just get a little bluebird
To sing for me alone
For I'm a
River Driver and
I'm far away from home
CHOTUS x2For
I'm a River
Driver and
I 'm far away from home