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Rick Nestler - River That Flows Both Ways

from Where the Heron Waits by Betty and the Baby Boomers

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Once the Sachems told a story of a land the Great Spirits blessed
And the people followed the legend from the great waters in the West
And they stopped where they found that the fishing was good
Earth it was fertile and game ran in the woods

And I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways

First came the trappers and the traders their own fortunes for to find
And the valley treated them kindly so the farmers followed close behind.
Then the sloop sailed well laden round the Battery with flour from Yonkers, furs from Albany

I could be happy just spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
Yes, I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.

Writers and painters have shown its beauty in its waters and on the shore.
While musicians sing its praises keep alive the river's lore.
With the sun setting golden o'er the Palisades afternoon ends
the daylight fades

And I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.

Maybe its the moonshine maybe its the starlight reflected in Haverstraw Bay.
Maybe its the fog that rolls off the highlands at the break of a brand new day.
But apple cider and pumpkins, strawberries and corn,
make the people of the river glad they were born

And I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways.
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways
I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both ways

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from Where the Heron Waits, released January 1, 2009

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Betty and the Baby Boomers New Paltz, New York

An acoustic folk quintet from New York's Hudson Valley. Folk song magazine Sing Out! described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD [Tumbling Through the Stream of Days] as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.” ... more

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