John Hartford - Gum tree canoe

^DOn the Tom big bee river so ^Gbright I was ^Dborn ^DIn a hut made of husks of the ^Atall yellow corn An ^Dthere I first meet with my ^GJulia so ^Dtrue An I row'd her about In my ^AGum Tree ^DCanoe

^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwaters so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe ^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwater so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe

^DAll day in the field the soft ^Gcotton I ^Dhoe I think of my Julia and ^Asing as I go Oh I ^Dcatch her a bird, with a ^Gwing of true ^Dblue An at night sail her round in my ^AGum Tree ^DCanoe

^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwaters so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe ^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwater so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe

^DWith my hands on the banjo and ^Gtoe on the ^Doar I sing to the sound of the ^Arivers soft roar; While the ^Dstars they look down at my ^GJulia so ^Dtrue An' dance in her eye in our ^AGum Tree ^DCanoe

^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwaters so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe ^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwater so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe

^DOne night the stream bore us ^Gso far ^Daway That we couldn't come back so we ^Athought we'd just stay, Oh, we ^Dspied a tall ship with a ^Gflag of true ^Dblue, And it took us in tow with our ^Agum-tree ^Dcanoe.

^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwaters so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe ^DSinging row away row, O'er the ^Gwater so blue Like a ^Afeather we'll float, In our ^GGum Tree ^DCanoe