Riverboat-Faron Young

[ti:Riverboat] [ar:Faron Young] [al:His Best] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Riverboat - Faron Young [00:05.46]Well I spent the better part of [00:07.72]My life on a Mississippi riverboat [00:10.06] [00:10.98]I used to be known from coast to coast [00:13.48]As the slickest gambler afloat [00:15.32] [00:16.26]I've dealt the cards from Minnesota to [00:19.02]The harbor in New Orleans [00:20.76] [00:21.55]I made a lotta big money on the riverboat [00:24.06]I loved a lotta pretty riverboat queens [00:28.69] [00:31.28]Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail [00:36.48]I wish I was back on the riverboart [00:38.68] [00:39.23]Stead of in the Memphis jail [00:41.47]Yeah yeah [00:42.26] [00:48.04]Oh a big man got on the riverboat [00:50.80]Our last time in St Paul [00:53.48]He had a lotta money but his luck went [00:55.76]Bad and the riverboat won it all [00:58.75]He said I dealt from the bottom of [01:00.76]The deck and he pulled a shiny knife [01:03.57] [01:04.11]But before that gambler lunged [01:06.02]At me my 44 took his life [01:11.52] [01:13.87]Riverboat riverboat [01:16.34]I love your whistle's wail [01:19.01]I wish I was back on the riverboart [01:21.70]Stead of in the Memphis jail [01:24.91] [01:30.61]Well they came on the boat and [01:32.23]They took me to jail when we got to Tennessee [01:35.24] [01:36.11]A gamblin' man has very few friends [01:38.79]Guess nobody cared for me [01:40.94]So I might be here for a many long years [01:44.07]But if I ever get out [01:45.94] [01:46.52]I'm gonna head straight for [01:47.90]That levee and get me [01:49.62]A riverboat headin' south [01:55.04] [01:56.37]Riverboat riverboat [01:58.69]I love your whistle's wail [02:01.39]I wish I was back on the riverboat [02:04.04]Stead of in the Memphis jail [02:07.68] [02:08.34]Stead of in the Memphis jail