Fare you well my honey   Fare you well my only true one   All the birds that were singing   Are flown, except you alone      Going to leave this brokedown palace   On my hand and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll   Make myself a bed by the waterside   In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll      In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside   I will lay my head   Listen to the river sing sweet songs   To rock my soul      River gonna take me, sing me sweet and sleepy   Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home   It's a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago   Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left home      Goin' home, goin' home, by the waterside   I will rest my bones   Listen to the river sing sweet songs   To rock my soul      Going to plant a weeping willow   On the banks clean edge it will grow, grow, grow   Sing a lullaby beside the water   Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll      Fare you well, fare you well   I love you more than words can tell   Listen to the river sing sweet songs   To rock my soul