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If the River Was Whiskey
Charlie Poole; The North Carolina Ramblers
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If the river was whiskey and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom, and I'd never come up
Oh, tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
If the river was whiskey and the branch was wine
You would see me in bathing just any old time
Oh, tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
I was born in England, raised in France
I ordered a suit of clothes, and they wouldn't send the pants
Tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
I was born in Alabama, I was raised in Tennessee
If you don't like my peaches, don't shake on my tree
Oh, tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
I looked down the road just as far as I could see
A man had my woman, and the blues had me
Tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
I ain't no doctor but the doctor's son
I can do the doctrin' 'til the doctor comes
Oh, tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
Got the hesitation stockings, the hesitation shoes
So be my lord, I've got the hesitation blues
Tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?