Jimmy Dean Old Rivers Lyrics:
How old was I when I first seen Old Rivers I can't
remember when he weren't around That old fellow he
did a heap of work he spent his whole life walkin'
plowed ground He had the one roomed shack not far
from us well we's about as poor as him He had one
old mule he used to call Midnight I'd tread along
after then He used to plow them rows just straight
and deep and I'd come along behind Bustin' up
plows with my own bare feet Old Rivers he was a
friend of mine The sun had get high and that old
mule he'd work Old Rivers he'd finally say whoa
He'd wipe his brow and he'd laid back on them
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reins He'd talk about that place he's wanna go He
used to say one of these days I'm gonna climb that
mountain I'm gonna walk up there among them Clouds
Where the cotton's high and the corns're growin'
and there ain't no fields to plow

I got a letter today it's from the folks back home
They're all doin' fine the crop's a little dry Mom
said down near the end, you heard Old Rivers died
Sittin' here now on this new plowed earth just
tryin' find a little shade Well sun's beatin' down
cross them fields now I can see that mule Old
Rivers and me I hear 'em sayin' one of these
days... With the sun beaitin' down cross them
fields (I see) that mule Old Rivers and me
Lyrics: Old Rivers, Jimmy Dean [end]