we left the city on the 14th floor
We went down by the River O 'Joe
Though then we never knew
what we were traveling for
We went down by the River O 'Joe
Thirty miles to a place that
It's the prettiest place I've ever been
where there was me, my brother,
and the new -found maidens
sit down by the river, old Joe
I said, the river, oh, the river,
the river ain't never the same
I said, I was born by the river, old Joe,
and the river ain't never the same
Well, you can make your deals
you can bribe who the bloody hell you like
But I was born by the river of Joe
And the river ain't never the same
Once upon a there was a wicked boy
Until all you could hear was
Down by the river, old Joe
They tried to save the church
But had a river cover rise
and then it burst its flanks
And a few British in that
Down by the river, old Joe
I said the river, oh the river,
The river ain't a -never -be -saved
I said I was born by the river, old Joe
And the river ain't a -never -be -saved
Well, you can't make your deals
You can bribe who the bloody hell you like
But I was born by the River Ojo
And the river ain't dead on the sand
Now many warm days and good times
there are down by the River O 'Joe
When people travel for miles and far to
go down by the River O 'Joe
But the locals still speak
The revenge of the muddy tides again
They say the river, oh the river,
The river ain't a never say
I said I was born by the river, oh Joe,
and the river ain't a never -be -sailed
Well, you can't make your deals
You can bribe with the bloody hell you like
But I was born by the river, oh Joe,
and the river ain't a never -be -sailed
I said the river, oh the river,
the river ain't a never -be -sailed
I said I was born by the river, oh Joe,
and the river ain't a never -be -sailed
Well, you can't make your deals
You can bribe with the bloody hell you like
But I was born by the River Ocho,
and the river ain't never the same