[ti:Riverboat] [ar:Faron Young] [al:Classic Years of Faron Young, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Riverboat - Faron Young [00:06.67]Well I spent the better part of my life on a Mississippi riverboat [00:12.21]I used to be known from coast to coast as the slickest gambler afloat [00:17.53]I've dealt the cards from Minnesota to the harbor in new Orleans [00:22.92]I made a lotta big money on the riverboat [00:25.60]I loved a lotta pretty riverboat queens [00:32.71]Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail [00:37.83]I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail [00:49.35]Oh a big man got on the riverboat our last time in st Paul [00:54.91]He had a lotta money but his luck went bad [00:57.87]And the riverboat won it all [01:00.18]He said I dealt from the bottom of the deck [01:02.99]And he pulled a shiny knife [01:05.59]But before that gambler lunged at me my 44 took his life [01:15.26]Riverboat riverboat [01:17.64]I love your whistle's wail [01:20.42]I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of to jail [01:32.26]Well they came on the boat and they took me to jail [01:35.46]When we got to Tennessee [01:37.38]A gamblin' man has very few friends guess nobody cared for me [01:42.67]So I might be here for a many long years [01:45.79]But if I ever get out [01:47.85]I'm gonna head straight for that levee and get me [01:50.83]A riverboat headin' south [01:57.68]Riverboat riverboat [02:00.31]I love your whistle's wail [02:02.91]I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail [02:09.66]Stead of in the Memphis jail