Gum Tree Canoe
John Hartford
[Intro]
{Verse]
On the Tom big bee river so bright I was born
In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn
An there I first meet with my Julia so true
An I row d her about In my Gum Tree Canoe
[Chorus]
Singing row away row, O er the waters so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
Singing row away row, O er the water so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
[Verse]
All day in the field the soft cotton I hoe
I think of my Julia and sing as I go
Oh I catch her a bird, with a wing of true blue
An at night sail her round in my Gum Tree Canoe
[Chorus]
Singing row away row, O er the waters so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
Singing row away row, O er the water so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
[Verse]
With my hands on the banjo and toe on the oar
I sing to the sound of the rivers soft roar;
While the stars they look down at my Julia so true
An dance in her eye in our Gum Tree Canoe
[Chorus]
Singing row away row, O er the waters so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
Singing row away row, O er the water so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
[Verse]
One night the stream bore us so far away
That we couldn t come back so we thought we d just stay,
Oh, we spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue,
And it took us in tow with our gum-tree canoe.
[Chorus]
Singing row away row, O er the waters so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
Singing row away row, O er the water so blue
Like a feather we ll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
