I was born in the path of the winter wind,
Raised where the mountains are old.
Their springtime waters came dancing down,
I remember the tales they told.
The whistling ways of my younger days
Too quickly have faded on by,
But all of my memories linger still
Like the light in a fading sky.

River, take me along
In your sunshine, sing me your song
Ever moving, and winding and free;
You rollin' old river, you changin' old river,
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea

I've been to the city and back again,
I've been moved by some things that I've learned
Met a lot of good people and called them friends
Felt the change when the seasons turned.
I've heard all the songs that the children sing,
Listened to love's melodies
Felt my own music within me rise
Like the wind in the autumn trees.

River, take me along
In your sunshine, sing me your song
Ever moving, and winding and free;
You rollin' old river, you changin' old river,
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea

Someday when the flowers are blooming still
Someday when the grass is still green
Our rolling waters will round the bend
And flow into the open sea.
So here's to the rainbows that's followed us here,
And here's to the friends that we know;
And here's to the song that's within us now
I will sing it where'er we go.

River, take me along
In your sunshine, sing me your song
Ever moving, and winding and free;
You rollin' old river, you changin' old river,
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea

You rollin' old river, you changin' old river,
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea