RIVER SONG
From the film: "Tom Sawyer" aka "A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer" - 1973
(Robert B. Sherman / Richard M. Sherman)
Charley Pride & Chorus


Chorus Singing:
Oh, a river's gonna flow
'Cross the land
'Cross the land
Oh, a river's gonna flow
To the sea
And a boy is gonna grow
To a man
To a man
Only once in his life
Is he free
Only one golden time
In his life
Is he free

Charley Pride:
River runs warm in the summer sun
River runs cold when the summer's done
But a boy's just a dreamer
By the riverside
'Cause the water's too fast
And the water's too wide

Then the world turns around,
And the boy grows tall
He hears the song
Of the river call
The river song sings,
"Travel on, Travel on"
You blink away a tear,
And the boy is gone

Charley Pride and Chorus:
Oh, a river's gonna flow
'Cross the land
'Cross the land
Oh, a river's gonna flow
To the sea
And a boy's gonna grow
To a man
To a man
Only once in his life
Is he free
Only one golden time
In his life
Is he free


(Transcribed by Carlene Bogle - April 2004)


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RIVER SONG (Reprise)
Sung by Charley Pride and Chorus


Charley Pride:
And the world turns around
And the boy grows tall
He hears the song of the river call
The river song sings, "Travel on, travel on"
You blink away a tear,
And the boy is gone

Charley Pride and Chorus:
Oh, a river's gonna flow
`Cross the land
`Cross the land
Oh, a river's gonna flow
To the sea
And the boy is gonna grow
To a man
To a man
Only once in his life
Is he free
Only one golden time in his
Life is he free


(Transcribed by Carlene Bogle - 2004)