Testo di Old Rivers

How old was I when I first seen Old Rivers Well I can't remember when he wandered around That old fellow he did a heap of work He spent his whole life walkin' plowed ground He had the one roomed shack out not far from us Well we's about as poor as him And he had one old mule he called him Midnight And I'd tread along after then He'd plow them rows just straight and deep And I'd follow along behind I'd be bustin' up plows with my own bare feet But Old Rivers he was a friend of mine Now that sun would get high and that old mule he'd work Finally Old Rivers he'd say whoa He'd wipe his brow and he'd been back on them reins Then he'd talk about that place he was gonna go One of these days I'm gonna climb that mountain Gonna walk up there among them plows Where that cotton's high and that corn's a growin' There ain't no fields to plow [ piano ] I got a letter today it's from the folks back home And their all fine crops is dry Down near the end mom said son you know Old Rivers died Well I'm sittin' here now on this new plowed earth Just lookin' for a little shade With that sun beatin' down cross them fields I see that mule Old Rivers and me Now one of these days ... (With the sun bent down cross the fields I see) That mule Old Rivers and me