It was on the 3rd of February I bid Cairo town adieu
Traveled down the river road my fortune to pursue...

I swung on board of an old boxcar just as the day did dawn,
I rode the rods from sun to sun and then lit down again,
And as the shades of evening fell the low ground I did gain,
And it was there I met that creole girl on the banks of Pontchartrain...

My version of this good song will be on a Folk Legacy CD made from the "On The River" cassette (and a few other songs) I made to sell when I sang on steamboats.