Blue Barron Cruising Down The River Lyrics

Cruising Down The River Lyrics

CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (On a Sunday Afternoon)
Blue Baron/Russ Morgan
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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
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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