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Thread #112482   Message #2407264
Posted By: Joe Offer
07-Aug-08 - 12:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Rapidan River / Never Touch Water
Subject: ADD: Never Touch Water (Robert Schmertz)

George, you're the man!

Never Touch Water
(Robert Schmertz)

The Rapidan River runs right past my door,
My wooden veranda hangs over the shore.
I see so much water spring, summer and fall,
I never touch water, touch water at all.

Now water's all right under bridges and boats,
'Twas never intended for delicate throats;
But I can still sing fal de ral, de ral ral,
For I never touch water, touch water at all!

The Rapidan River runs Rapidan Mill,
And Rapidan Mill grinds the corn for the still,
A swig of my jug makes me seven feet tall,
And I never touch water, touch water at all.

The Rapidan River runs right by my door,
My wooden veranda hangs over the shore,
And I sit all alone singing fal de ral ral,
And I never touch water, touch water at all.

I know an old Bishop who's past eighty-five,
I said to him, "Bishop, you certainly thrive!"
He swore by Saint Christopher, Peter and Paul
He never touched water, touched water at all.

I know an old fellow who took several swipes,
The water was wet and it rusted his pipes;
Though he was a singer, he can't sing at all,
He can't even sing fal de ral, de ral ral!

My mother with liquor has nothing to do,
In fact she's a staunch Double UCTU,
But when hard cider time comes along in the fall,
She'll never touch water, touch water at all!


by Robert Schmertz, ©1959 (renewed) by Appleseed Music

from The Collected Reprints From Sing Out! [volume 1-6 (the pink one), page 44]

tune available on request

joe@mudcat.org

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Double UCTU: Women's Christian Temperance Union