River Lady (a Little Goodbye) Lyrics - Singles - Roger Whittaker

The day the river freezes is the day it won't seem fair 

Cause they'll come to get the river lady 

And I don't think they'll care 

I know they'll scrape her paint off 

In their same old foolish ways 

Now the people see the river 

But the old ship's gone away 

Water turns cold and gets to freezing 

Before you even know it the old girl's easing 

Away from her berth round by the point and out of our view 

Off in the mist her engines pounding 

Back on the banks that old horn's sounding 

A little good-bye 

A little I'll do what I must do 

A little good-bye 

A little I'll do what I must do 

I know I will remember when I cannot hear that horn 

That would roll up by the mountains 

As she took us through the storm 

I know they've got to take her 

But I can't say I approve 

Cause she's won so many battles 

That I hate to see her lose 

Water turns cold and gets to freezing 

Before you even know it the old girl's easing 

Away from her berth round by the point and out of our view 

Off in the mist her engines pounding 

Back on the banks that old horn's sounding 

A little good-bye 

A little I'll do what I must do 

A little good-bye 

A little I'll do what I must do 

Water turns cold and gets to freezing