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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry 
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and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky 
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And the tears that I cried for that woman they're gonna flood you Big River 
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die 

Verse 

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I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota 
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And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl 
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Then I heard my dream was back downstream cav ortin' in Davenport 
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And I followed you, Big River, when you called 
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Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river 
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A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, said boy, she's gone 
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Well, I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block 
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She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down a lone 

Verse 
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Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on 
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Take that woman on down to New Or leans, New Or leans 
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Go on, Ive had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf 
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She loves you, Big River, more than me 


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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry 
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and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky 
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And the tears that I cried for that woman they're gonna flood you Big River 
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die 
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Yeah, I'm gonna sit right here until I die