High row the boatmen row
Floatin’ down the river the Ohio
The boatmen dance, the boatmen sing
The boatmen up to ev’rything
And when the boatman gets on shore
He spends his cash and works for more
High row the boatmen row
Floatin’ down the river the Ohio
Then dance the boatmen dance
O dance the boatmen dance
O dance all night ’til broad daylight
And go home with the gals in the mornin’
High row the boatmen row
Floatin’ down the river thе Ohio
I went on board the other day
To see what thе boatmen had to say
There I let my passion loose
An’ they cram me in the callaboose
O dance the boatmen dance
O dance all night ’til broad daylight
And go home with the gals in the mornin’
High row the boatmen row
Floatin’ down the river the Ohio
The boatman is a thrifty man
There’s none can do as the boatman can
I never see a pretty gal in my life
But that she was a boatman’s wife
O dance the boatmen dance
O dance all night ’til broad daylight
And go home with the gals in the mornin’
High row the boatmen row
Floatin’ down the river the Ohio