Well I spent the better part of my life on a
Mississippi riverboat I used to be known from
coast to coast as the slickest gambler afloat I've
dealt the cards from Minnesota to the harbor at
New Orleans Made a lotta big money on the
riverboat loved a lotta pretty riverboat queens
Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail I
wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the
Memphis jail banjo
Well a big man got on the riverboat our last time
in St Paul He had a lotta money but his luck went
bad and the riverboat won it all He said I dealt
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knife But before that gambler lunged at me my
forty-four took his life Riverboat riverboat...
banjo
Well they came on the boat and they took me to
jail when we got to Tennessee A gamblin' man has
very few friends guess nobody cared for me Well I
might be here for a many long years but if I ever
get out I'm gonna head straight for that levee and
get me a riverboat headin' south Riverboat
riverboat...