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 ships gone away water turns cold and gets ta freezin before you even know it the old girl s easin away from her berth round by the point and out of our view off in the mist her engine s poundin back on the banks that old horn s soundin a little goodbye a little i ll do what i must do a little goodbye a little i ll do what i must do a da da dum dum dum da da da dum dum 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 ta freezin before you even know it the old girl s easin away from her berth round by the point and out of our view a little goodbye a little i ll do what i must do the water turns cold and gets to freezin before you even know it the old girl s easin away from her berth round by the point and out of our view off in the mist her engine s poundin back on the banks that old horn s soundin a little goodbye a little i ll do what i must do a little goodbye a little i ll do what i must do dum da da da dum 