On the Tombigbee river so bright I was born In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn It was there I first met with my Julia so true And I rowed her about in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe All day in the fields of soft cotton I'd hoe I think of my Julia and sing as I go Oh, I catch her a bird with a wing of true blue And at night sail her 'round in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe With my hands on the banjo and toe on the oar I sing to the sound of the river's soft roar While the stars they look down on my Julia so true And dance in her eyes in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe One night the stream bore us so far away That we couldn't come back, so we thought we'd just stay Oh, we spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue And it took us in tow in our Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe Singing row away, row o'er the waters so blue Like a feather we'll float in my Gum Tree Canoe