New Draper's Thursday Night Lyrics -- 9/13/07

News Type: Event — Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:16 AM EDT

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John Hartford is a favorite of mine. I guess folks would call him bluegrass. I love the lyrics to this song. The thought of having this kind of love for a job or pride about an accomplishment... It is stright out of American Folklore. You should give John Hartford a listen if you haven't already.

JULIA BELLE SWAIN
(John Hartford)

This is a song about the Julia Belle Swain

Oh,the Julia Belle Swain is a mighty fine boat
Got a mighty fine captain too
Got a big red wheel that goes around and around
And a bunch of old hippies for a crew
Well I can't stay here well I gotta get away
I'm Chattanooga Tennessee bound
Gonna get my banjo and put it on my back
When the Julia Belle Swain comes down
When the Julia Belle comes down

When the Julia Belle comes to Peoria you know that summer's here
And up on the Illinois River,that's the very best time of the year
Those steam boat days in August like a hazy, lazy dream
I want to be at the foot of Mainstreet When the Julia Belle raises steam, when the Julia Belle raises steam
Well Dennis and Moon and Bob Burnett and Doc and Murray too
Are one big steamboat family and the Julia Belle steamboat crew
Me I tell you I gotta getta away I'm Chattanooga Tennessee bound
Gonna get my banjo and put it on my back
When the Julia Belle comes down
When the Julia Belle comes down

Now the Julia Belle Swain is a women's lib boat
First I ever knew
Got girls in the pilothouse and girls on deck
And a lady in the engine room
Now Donna's got her license
Cindy's learning to steer
Little Julie keeps Moon outa trouble by wandering off everywhere
By wandering off everywhere

When the Julia Belle gets in a steamboat race she's a mighty hard boat to beat
She raced the Belle of Louisville, she beat the Delta Queen
She don't need no help to get her turned around
She'll come right around on a dime
And after the race she heads up the river
Cuz the Julia Belle's still got time, cuz the Julia Bell's still got time
Well I sure do love the Tennessee River, the Ohio and the Illinois
And I love the old Mississippi River, It's a good old place for a boy
Just to step on board the steamboat, ride all the way to the sea
Where else but a muddy old river, would a person want to be?
Would a person want to be?

Well I come up the river the other night
Darker than the inside of a cow Ain't nothin like a crooked old river, straighten my head right out
Now I love my love she's pretty as could be
And I love to take her down
Those pretty ladies really like to ride
When the Julia Belle comes down
When the Julia Belle comes down

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