River Of No Return
Composer(s): Ken Darby; Lionel Newman
Performer(s): Tennessee Ernie Ford;
and various other artists



There is a river called The River Of No Return
Sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free!
Love is a trav'ler on The River Of No Return
Swept on for ever to be lost in the stormy sea
Wail-a-ree I can hear the river call (no return, no return)
Where the roarin' waters fall wail-a-ree
I can hear my lover call come to me (no return, no return)
I lost my love on the river and for ever my heart will yearn
Gone gone for ever down The River Of No Return
Wail-a-ree wail-a-re-e-ee
She'll/He'll never return to me! (no return, no return, no return)