Written by:
With vocal chorus
Arranged By: Don Costa
Originally made famous by: Pat Boone
From the Album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: November 13, 1968
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(Moody river, moody river)
(chorus) Moody river, more deadly than the vainest
knife
Moody river, your muddy water
took my baby's life
Last Saturday evenin' came to
the old oak tree
It stands beside the river where
you were to meet me
On the ground your glove I found
with a note addressed to me
It read "Dear love, I've
done you wrong, now I must set you free"
No longer can I live with this
hurt and this sin.
I just couldn't tell you that
guy was just a friend"
(repeat chorus)
I looked into the muddy water
and what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just
lookin' back at me
Tears in his eyes and a prayer
on his lips
And the glove of his lost love
at his fingertips
(repeat chorus)