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"Big River" by Johnny Cash - Downloads, Ringtones & Lyrics

Find "Big River" by Johnny Cash On These Albums

Johnny Cash's America

All Aboard the Blue Train/Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash/Sings Hank Williams

The Essential 3.0 Johnny Cash

Complete Sun Masters

Complete Sun Masters

Live from Austin, TX

At San Quentin (Legacy Edition)

The Legend of Johnny Cash

The Legend

Johnny Cash Collection

Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash

Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash

At Madison Square Garden

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash - The Man in Black: His Greatest Hits

The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983

Super Hits

The Sun Years

"Big River" by Johnny Cash Lyrics
Now I taught the weepin' willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, Big River
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
And I followed you, Big River, when you called

Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone

Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf
She loves you, Big River, more than me

(Repeat first verse