Actually I learned the big river song like this:

There's a big river flowing, it'll be there tomorrow/ it's time we should be going, cause there's no time for sorrow/ the stars will light the way back home/ the song'll keep the fire/ remembering the days we've roamed/ this song'll lift you higher

Chorus: So sing for the river and sing for the stars/ sing for the friends you've made/ wherever they are/ sing to bring you back again, or to take you away/ sing a song for me, my friend/ sing for today

There's a big river flowing, and it's always in motion/ carves out it's journey on down to the ocean/ you can choose your path alone/ take it to the sea/ remembering the days we've roamed/ this song'll set you free

Chorus again

That's just how I learned it. I went to 3 different Outdoor Schools, so I think that I should know this song pretty well. They were Cedar Ridge, Magruder, and Westwind (in this order). Camp Westwind was my favorite, because my best friends EVER were in my cabin. If you think that these lyrics are wrong, that's okay because I'm only 12 and I honestly don't care. I just cared enough to put these lyrics on this website because I noticed that GUEST,SP had some of the sentences different from how I learned it.