Traditional Newfoundland song, "The River Driver," performed by Jesse Ferguson on bodhran. Lyrics below.

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The River Driver
(traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013)

a cappella, 80 bpm

V1.
Well, I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive;
after six months hard labour, at home I did arrive.
I courted with a pretty girl, ‘twas her caused me to roam.
Now I'm a river driver, and I'm far away from home.

Chorus:
I'll eat when I am hungry, and I'll drink when I am dry,
get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by.
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,
for I'm a river driver, and I'm far away from home.

V2.
I'll build a lonesome castle upon a mountain high,
where she can sit and view me as I go passing by,
where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,
for I'm a river driver, and I'm far away from home.

Chorus:

V3.
When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie,
just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die.
Get a little bluebird to sing for me alone,
for I'm a river driver, and I'm far away from home.

Chorus: [repeat last line]

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