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T: River, Take Me Along
C: Bill Staines
S: Youtube 2021-12-6 (from Paula Gilbert Rosenstock)
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W:1.~I was born in the path of the winter wind / I was raised where the mountains are old
W:Their springtime waters came dancing down / And I remember the tales they told
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W:2.~The whistling ways of my younger days / Too quickly have faded on by
W:But all of their memories linger on / Like the light in a fading sky
W: Chorus:
W:3.~River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song / Ever moving and winding and free
W:You rolling old river, you changing old river / Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea
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W:4.~I've been to the city and back again / I've been moved by some things that I've learned
W:Met a lot of good people and I've called them friends / Felt the change when the seasons turned
W: Chorus
W:5.~I've heard all the songs that the children sing / And listened to love's melodies
W:I've felt my own music within me rise / Like the wind in the autumn trees
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W:6.~River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song / Ever moving and winding and free
W:You rolling old river, you changing old river / Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea
W: Chorus
W:7.~So, here's to the rainbow that's followed me here / And here's to the friends that I know
W:And here's to the song that's within me now / I will sing it wherever I go
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W:8.~River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song / Ever moving and winding and free
W:You rolling old river, you changing old river / Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea
W: Chorus.