Elton John - Dixie Lily lyrics

Showboat comin' up the river
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze
I can hear the crickets
Singin' in the evenin'
Old Dixie Lily movin' past the cypress trees
My little boat she rocks easy
I've been catchin' the catfish in
The creek all day
Oh, and I've never seen ladies like
Those on the big boats
Must be fancy breedin' lets you live that way

Dixie Lily, chuggin' like a grand old lady
Paddles hittin' home in the noonday sun
Ploughin' through the water with
Your whistles blowin'
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run

Papa says that I'm a dreamer
Says them mosquitos bit me one too many times
Oh, but I never get lonesome
Livin' on the river
Watchin' old Lily leave the world behind

Dixie Lily, chuggin' like a grand old lady
Paddles hittin' home in the noonday sun
Ploughin' through the water with
Your whistles blowin'
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run

Oh, Dixie Lily
Chuggin' like a grand old lady
Paddles hittin' home in the noonday sun
Ploughin' through the water with
Your whistles blowin'
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
Oh, down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run