In case it isn't obvious, the version posted by Art Thieme above is a parody. This is the original.

From the sheet music at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:

WHERE THE SILV'RY COLORADO WENDS ITS WAY
(Words, C. H. Scoggins. Music, Charles Avril. 1901.)

The twilight softly gathers 'round my home among the hills,
And all nature soon will settle down to rest,
While I sit and sadly ponder and my heart with longing fills
As I often think of one that I loved best.
We were wedded in the June-time and our hearts then knew no pain.
Fair nature seemed to smile on us that day.
Now she sleeps beneath the lilacs and she'll ne'er come back again
Where the silv'ry Colorado wends its way.

CHORUS: There's a sob on ev'ry breeze, and a sigh comes from the trees,
And the meadowlark now croons a sadder lay;
For the sunlight plays no more 'round my cheerless cabin door
Where the silv'ry Colorado wends its way.

The silv'ry snow is gleaming on yon distant mountain side
Where we often used to wander, Nell and I;
And the birds are gaily singing in the valley far below,
Where I long some day to lay me down and die.
Then our lives were gay and happy in the shadow of the hills.
My heart beat fonder for her day by day;
And I feel her presence near me as I sit alone tonight
Where the silv'ry Colorado wends its way.