The River That Flows Both Ways
Pete Seeger

Once the Sachems
told a story
of a land the great spirits blessed.
And the people followed the legend
from the great waters in the West.
And they stopped where they found that the fishin' was good,
earth was fertile,
and game ran in the woods.
And now, I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
First came the trappers,
next came the traders.
Their own fortunes
were fortified.
And the valley
treated them kindly,
so the farmers followed close behind.
Then the sloop sail was laden round the battery
with flour from Yonkers,
furs from Albany.
And I could be happy just spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
Yes, I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
Writers and painters

have shown its beauty
in its waters and on the shore.
While musicians
sing its praises,
keep alive the rivers lure.
With the sunsetin' golden o'er the Palisades,
afternoon ends
the daylight fades.
And I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
N' Maybe its the moonshine,
maybe its the starlight,
reflected off good old Haverstraw bay.
Maybe its the fog that rolls off the catskill mountains
at the break of a brand new day.
But apple cider and pumpkins,
strawberries and corn,
make the people of the river
glad they were born.

And now I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.


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Lyrics by Pete Seeger

  Abiyoyo [#]   Adam The Inventor   All My Children Of The Sun   All My Trials   Alleluya   America, The Beautiful   Arrange And Re-Arrange   Ballad Of The Fort Hood Three   Banks Of Marble   Banks of the Ohio   Barbara Allen [Live]   Battle Of New Orleans   Be Kind to Your Parents   Belle Starr   Billy Barlow   Blow The Man Down   Both Sides Now   Bring Them Home   Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)   Business   Camptown Races   Camptown Races [Gwine to Run All Night]   Cement Octopus   De Colores   Die Gedanken Sind Frei   Down By The River   Down by the Riverside [African American Spiritual]   Draft Dodger Rag   English Is Cuh-ray-zee   False From True   Foggy Dew   From Way Up Here   Go Tell Aunt Rhodie   God Bless The Grass   Goodnight, Irene [Irene, Goodnight]   Guantanamera (Live)   Henry My Son   Hobo's Lullaby   Hobo's Lullaby   House Of The Rising Sun   How Can I Keep From Singing   I Ride An Old Paint   I've Been Working On The Railroad   I’ve Been Working On The Railroad   If I Had A Hammer (Album Version)   If This World Survives   It Really Isn't Garbage   Jackaro   Jacob's Ladder   Jarama Valley   John Brown's Body   John Henry   John Riley   John Riley [Pretty Fair Maid] [the Broken Token] [...   King Henry   Last Train To Nuremberg   Letter To Eve   Little Boxes   Little Fat Baby   Living In The Country   Mastinchele Wachipi Olewan   Michael Row The Boat Ashore   Michael Row The Boat Ashore (Live)   Michael, Row the Boat Ashore   Molly Malone   My Dentist Has Tattooed Legs   My Father's Mansion's Many Rooms   My Name Is Liza Kalvelage   My Rainbow Race   No Irish Need Apply   Now We Sit Us Down   Ode To A Composer Bach At Treblinka   Oh Susanna [#]   Oh What A Beautiful City   Oh, I Had A Golden Thread   Oh, What a Beautiful City!   Old Devil Time   Old Joe Clark [#]   One Grain Of Sand   Or Else   Our Generation   Peg And Awl   Preicious Friend   Queen Anne Front   Quite Early Morning   Quite Early Morning [*]   River   River Song   Roll On, Columbia   Shenandoah   Skip to My Lou   Snow Snow   Solartopia   Song Of The World's Last Whale   Summertime   Take It From DrKing   Talking Ben Tre   Talking Union   Teacher Uncle Ho   The Ballad of Ira Hayes   The Bells of Rhymney   The Bells of Rhymney [#]   The Dying Miner   The Fox   The House of the Rising Sun   The Torn Flag   The Water Is Wide   The Wreck of the Old 97   The Wreck of the Old 97   There'll Come A Day   Throw Away That Shad Net   Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save To...   Tomorrow's Children   Turn, Turn, Turn   Tzena Tzena Tzena   Tzena, Tzena, Tzena   Uncle Ho   Union Maid   Waist Deep In The Big Muddy   Walking Down Death Row   Walking Down Death Row [*]   Water Is Wide (O Waly Waly)   We Shall Not Be Moved   We Shall Overcome   We Will Love Or We Will Perish   When Johnny Comes Marching Home   Where Have All The Flowers Gone   Where Have All The Flowers Gone?   Which Side Are You On?   Wimoweh (Mbube)   Wimoweh (Mbube) [Live]   Wonderful Friends   Words Words Words

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