I`m Gonna Ride That Steamboat — текст песни (Flatt and Scruggs)

Now this is a story about the young man from Natchez Mississippi
Whose father took a steamboat called the Delta Queen to New Orleans
And got killed in a poker game
The young man thought about it for awhile and then decided on revenge
And he said I`m gonna ride that steamboat

That steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans he got killed in a poker game downtown
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans some poky cajun gambler shot him down
Daddy rode that steamboat didn`t take me along
And I`ve been sittin` there thinking all day long
And I`m a gonna ride that steamboat take my gun along
I`ll get the man that done my daddy wrong

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans daddy was pretty good with a deck of cards
He said that he`d get rich in New Ortleans
Cause the game`s too good and the cash is pourin` high
But you can win no money when the deck of cards you stack
And the steamboat never brought my daddy back
And I`m a gonna ride...
[ banjo ]
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans I know he wanted that money for us kids
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans now mama won`t forgive the things he did
Daddy rode that steamboat never took mom along
And she`s been sittin` there crying all day long
And I`m a gonna ride...
I`ll get that man who`s done my daddy wrong