Jump the Steamboat
No doubt farm boys fall in love with riverboat croupiers all the time. This one has it bad. He probably knows that Mississippi alligators have better things to do than chase love-sick suitors. But it may be that he hopes that she doesn't.
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I won the hand and turned to flee
When you dealt that Queen of Hearts to me,
But I was down on the emerald baize
Roped and tied by your dark-eyed gaze,
My enchanting Nemesis:
Why’s a girl like you on a boat like this?
Painted face and swept-up hair,
But I know that there’s a farm girl somewhere there
Chorus:
Jump the steamboat, come ashore
Cut the deck and your five card draw,
Those paddle wheels will paddle on,
They’re never going to miss you once you’re gone,
I wondered what had brought me here,
Sipping Bourbon, longing for a beer,
Diamond tie pin, looking flash,
Pockets full of Daddy’s cash,
But there you hide in your loveliness,
Shuffling cards in your satin dress,
Fanning at the smoke and the gamblers’ leers,
Oh, let me get you out of here…
Chorus
I’m going to draw and twist and play
Until you fold and come away,
Down the gangway, hand in hand,
Thirty feet to the promised land
And if these bouncers jetsam me
I’ll tow behind through Tennessee,
And pray you’ll haul me home to you
Before the alligators do
Chorus
Across the levees, over there,
You can see the trees of the farm we’ll share,
We’ll walk beneath the evening sky
And watch the river rolling by.
Or if you long to be afloat
We’ll buy a little sailing boat
And race the steamboats to display
The prize I buccaneered away.
© Peter Lastima 2019
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