Old Man And The River

There's an old man who lives by the river In an old log cabin with the cracks in the wall Makes his livin' by the catchin' of the fish If he don't catch many well he can't fix the wall Oo-ee the whistle of the wind Nail up the boards where the wind goes in Oo-ee can't go to sleep, Wade across the river where the waters ain't deep Old man prayed the big fish are bitin' The time of the year it's late in the fall Winter's 'commin' the winds gonna whistle Snow gonna blow through the cracks in the wall Oo-ee the whistle of the wind Nail up the boards where the wind goes in Oo-ee can't go to sleep, Wade across the river where the water ain't deep The old man Courted a pretty youg maiden A maiden that he loved most of all She ran away with a cool river gambler Cool river gambler, seven feet tall Repeat Chorus