Well my name is Darwin Lyin

And I work on the Grand Trunk line

Movin’ lumber down at the Muir Station

Keeping all of the engines on time

I work for Mr. Blanchard

Though I never met the man

I take his honest wages

And I come home with two tired hands

And it looks like it's raining

For the third time today

And I pray it keeps coming down

Til’ the river ('til the river, 'til the river')

Takes me away

She was standing on the platform

With a postcard in her hand

Even though my shy heart was racing

I inquired, did she have a man

Oh, she looked down at the walkway

And the wind danced in her hair

She told me she was a widow

As she whispered a silent prayer

And it looks like it's raining

For the third time today

And I pray it keeps coming down

'Til the river ('til the river, 'til the river')

Takes me away

I would court her through the autumn

Till’ finally she would agree

We were married down on the Maple River

'Neath the shade of the old redbud tree

Most days I spent at the parlor

And the drink got the best part of me

’Til I stumbled alone to the home that we made

Just to find she decided to leave

Now I lay here in this gutter

While the poison rushes my veins

And I curse this god forsaken fever

That could drive any poor man insane

And it looks like it's raining

For the third time today

And I pray it keeps coming down

Till the river ('til the river, 'til the river')

Takes me away