Gum Tree Canoe - John Hartford

On Tombigbee river so bright I was born

In a hut made ob husks ob de tall yaller corn

An dar I fust meet wid my Jula so true

An I row’d her about In my Gum Tree Canoe

Singing row away row, O’er the waters so blue

Like a feather we’ll float, In my Gum Tree Canoe

All day in de field de soft cotton I hoe

I tink of my Jula an sing as I go

Oh I catch her a bird, wid a wing ob true blue

An at night sail her round in my Gum Tree Canoe

Singing row away

Wid my hands on de banjo and toe on de oar

I sing to de sound ob the rivers soft roar;

While de stars dey look down at my Jula so true

An' dance in her eye in my Gum Tree Canoe

Singing row away