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