Belle de Louisville lyrics

 
Song Details
Artist(s)Jonas Friddle
Album(s)Belle de Louisville

Written by Jonas Friddle.

I search the river from atop the hill
looking for the Belle de Louisville
there on the river I love so well
rolls the Belle of Louisville

all my rivers they run back south
baby in the cradle and hush your mouth

The wind and rain in Chicago
you know the climate don’t suit my clothes
freeze my fingers my blood runs cold
can’t even pick my old banjo

all my rivers they run back south
baby in the cradle and hush your mouth

So I bought the coat and bought the shoes
followed the girl I could not lose
promised my love and my life
if she would only be my wife

caused me to weep cause me to moan
caused me to leave my home

all my rivers they run back south
baby in the cradle and hush your mouth

Sometimes I stare at lake Michigan
dreaming I’m back home again
on the banks of the Ohio
watching that old steamboat roll

all my rivers they run back south
baby in the cradle and hush your mouth
all my rivers they run back south
baby in the cradle and hush your mouth



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