Blue Baron Cruising Down The River Lyrics

Cruising Down The River Lyrics

CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (On a Sunday Afternoon)

 Blue Baron/Russ Morgan

 - words and music by Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton, two middle-aged women

 who wrote the song to win a British songwriting contest in 1945

 - sung by the crew of H.M.S. Amethyst as it made its historic dash down the

 Yangtze River in 1949

 

 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

 With one you love, the sun above waiting for the moon

 The old accordian playing a sentimental tune

 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

 The birds above all sing of love, a gentle sweet refrain

 The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain

 Just two of us together, we'll plan a honeymoon

 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon