[00:12.74]Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
[00:18.28]And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
[00:23.33]And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
[00:28.49]Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
[00:36.16]I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
[00:41.27]And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
[00:46.38]Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
[00:51.49]And I followed you, Big River, when you called.
[01:22.36]Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
[01:27.50]A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone.
[01:32.61]I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.
[01:37.29]She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.
[01:42.69]Well I pulled into Natchez next day down the river
[01:47.66]But there wasn't that much to make a rounder stay very long
[01:53.12]But when I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry
[01:57.98]Big River why you doin' me this way
[02:28.13]Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
[02:34.00]Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
[02:39.20]Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf.
[02:43.89]She loves you, Big River, more than me.
[02:49.30]Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
[02:54.14]And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
[02:59.23]And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
[03:04.35]Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
[03:10.14]Now I'm gonna sit right here until I die.