River of No Return

There is a river

Called "The River of No Return"

Sometimes it's peaceful

And sometimes wild and free

Love is a traveler

On "The River of No Return"

Swept on forever

To be lost in a stormy sea

Wail-a-ree, I can hear the river call

Where the roarin' waters fall

Wail-a-ree, I can hear my lover call

"Come to me!"

I lost my love on the river

And forever my heart will yearn

Gone, gone forever

Down "The River of No Return"

Wail-a-ree, wail-a-reeeeee

He'll never return to me!

Wail-a-ree, wail-a-reeeeee

He'll never return to me!