I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River
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title:
I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River
text:
"I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River" is a 1915 song with words by Bert Kalmar and music by Joe Cooper. The song is sung from the point of view of a husband who has to explain to his wife why he stayed out until 4:30 in the morning. He states that he has been floating down the old Green River on the good ship "Rock and Rye", where he got "stuck on a bar". The tag line in the lyric is:
- I had to drink the whole Green River dry
- To get back home to you. The song is a play on words, a
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Song performed by Billy Murray
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_Floating_Down_the_Old_Green_River
date created:
2009-12-18T08:01:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T12:21:44Z
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