I have the GUM TREE CANOE SONG version, sung by Frank Crumit in 1929.

On the Tombagee River so bright I was born,
In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn,
And there I first met with my Julia so true,
And I rowed her about in my gum-tree canoe.

CHORUS: Sing roll away roll, o'er the water so blue,
Like a feather we'll float in my gum-tree canoe.

All the day in the field of soft cotton I hoe,
And I think of my Julia and sing as I go.
Oh, I catch her a bird with a wing of true blue,
And at night sail her round in my gum-tree canoe.

With my hand on the banjo and toe on the oar,
I sing to the sound of the river's soft roar,
While the stars they look down at my Julia so true,
And they dance in her eyes in my gum-tree canoe.

One night the stream bore us so far, far away,
That we couldn't come back, so we thought we'd just stay.
Then we spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue,
And they took us in tow in my gum tree canoe. CHORUS