Old Rivers:Walter Brennan. #2 Easy Listening, #3 Country and #5 on BB Hot 100 on LIBERTY Records in 1962. INTRO: A D A #1.

^AHow old was I when I ^Dfirst seen old Rivers? ^AI can't remember when he weren't a^Eround. Well, ^Athat old fellow did a ^Dheap of work. Spent his ^Awhole life ^Ewalking plowed ^Aground.

#2.

^AHe had a one-room shack not ^Dfar from us.. and well, ^Awe was about as poor as ^Ehim. He had ^Aone old mule he called ^DMidnight.. and ^AI'd trailed ^Ealong after ^Athem.

#3.

^AHe used to plow them rows ^Dstraight and deep.. and ^AI'd come along near ^Ebehind. A-^Abustin' up clods with my ^Down bare feet.. ^AOld Rivers was a ^Efriend of ^Amine.

#4.

^AThat sun'd get high and that ^Dmule would work.. ^Atill old Rivers'd finally say, '^EWhoa!' He'd ^Awipe his brow, lean ^Dback on the reins and ^Atalk about a ^Eplace he was gonna ^Ago.

CHORUS:

He'd say, ^Done of these days I'm gonna ^Aclimb that mountain. ^EWalk up there, ^Aamong them clouds, where the ^Dcotton's

high.

And the ^Acorn's a-growin' and there ^Eain't no fields to ^Aplow.

INTERLUDE: A B #5.

^BI got a letter today from the ^Efolks back home and ^Bthey're all fine and crops is ^Gbdry. ^BDown at the end my mama said, '^ESon,' ^Byou know old ^GbRivers ^Bdied.'

#6.

^BJust sittin' here now on this ^Enew-plowed earth trying to ^Bfind me a little ^Gbshade. With the ^Bsun beating down 'cross the ^Efield I see, that ^Bmule, old ^GbRivers and ^Bme.

CHORUS:

He'd say, ^Bone of these days I'm gonna ^Gbclimb that mountain. ^DbWalk up there, ^Gbamong the clouds, where the ^Bcotton's

high.

And the ^Gbcorn's a-growin' and there ^Dbain't no fields to ^Gbplow.

OUTRO:

With the ^Esun beating down 'cross the ^Bfields I see.. that ^Gbmule, old Rivers, and ^Bme..

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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