Some rows up but we floats down
Way down the Ohio to Shawneetown
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
Whisky's in the jug, boys
And wheat's in the sack (hey)
We'll trade 'em down to Shawneetown
And we'll bring the rock salt back
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
Oh, them good old boys
They talk so loud and long
They're wide as a barrel
And they're twice as strong
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
The water's mighty warm, boys
The air is cold and dank (hey)
And the cursed fog, it gets so thick
That you cannot see the bank
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
Now the current's got her
And we'll take up the slack
We'll sail her down to Shawneetown
And we'll bushwhack her back
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
Some rows up but we floats down
Way down on the Ohio to Shawneetown
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
And it's hard on the beech oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio