[Verse 1]
Well, he likes black coffee, fried eggs
And a well done T-bone steak
He likes a red dress and pearly white teeth
And the flash of a pretty long leg, he said
Back in the '30s, you know you never had it made
He worked as an engineer over on the Ohio river
Workin’ on the Pittsburgh trade
At the inspection office in Louisville
He had a desk for a very short time
He played in bands on two different boats
Working for the Strackfus line
And long ago he smoked reefer
And even made home brew
And the reefer come up from New Orleans
Back before World War II
[Chorus]
He's just a feller worked on the river
All his life by a paddle wheel
You say he's old fashioned
But that ain’t no big deal
Oh, it's too thick to navigate
And it's too thin to plow
Let him go on, mama
Don't you put him down for it now
Well, he likes black coffee, fried eggs
And a well done T-bone steak
He likes a red dress and pearly white teeth
And the flash of a pretty long leg, he said
Back in the '30s, you know you never had it made
He worked as an engineer over on the Ohio river
Workin’ on the Pittsburgh trade
At the inspection office in Louisville
He had a desk for a very short time
He played in bands on two different boats
Working for the Strackfus line
And long ago he smoked reefer
And even made home brew
And the reefer come up from New Orleans
Back before World War II
[Chorus]
He's just a feller worked on the river
All his life by a paddle wheel
You say he's old fashioned
But that ain’t no big deal
Oh, it's too thick to navigate
And it's too thin to plow
Let him go on, mama
Don't you put him down for it now
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