I was just the age of sixteen   When I first went on the drive   After six months hard labour   At home I did arrive   And 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 the river don't drown me   It's down I'll need to roam   For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home      I'll build a lonesome castle   Upon some mountain high   Where she can sit an view me   As I go passin' by   Where she can sit an view me   As I go marchin' on   For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home      CHORUS      When I am old and feeble   And in my sickness lie   Just wrap me up in a blanket   And lay me down to die   Just get a little bluebird   To sing for me alone   For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home      CHOTUS x2      For I'm a River Driver and I'm far away from home