I was born in the path of the winter wind   I was raised where the mountains are old   Their springtime waters came dancing down   And I remember the tales they told      The whistling ways of my younger days   Too quickly have faded on by   But all of their memories linger on   Like the light in a fading sky      River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song   Ever moving and winding and free   You rolling old river, you changing old river   Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea      I've been to the city and back again   I've been moved by some things that I've learned   Met a lot of good people and I've called them friends   Felt the change when the seasons turned      I've heard all the songs that the children sing   And listened to love's melodies   I've felt my own music within me rise   Like the wind in the autumn trees      River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song   Ever moving and winding and free   You rolling old river, you changing old river   Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea      Someday when the flowers are blooming still   Someday when the grass is still green   My rolling waters will round the bend   And flow into the open sea      So, here's to the rainbow that's followed me here   And here's to the friends that I know   And here's to the song that's within me now   I will sing it wherever I go      River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song   Ever moving and winding and free   You rolling old river, you changing old river   Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea