Delta Queen Waltz - John Hartford

Oh we boarded the boat on the breast of the river so wide

And we left old St. Louis on the crest of that brown muddy tide

To the strains of the Delta Queen’s band

I found myself holding your hand

The way we had hoped we would do all that summer and fall

Oh the whistle came out, such a deep mellow sound in the night

And the echo came back from the shoreline of twinkling lights

There was nothing we really could say

The river had swept us away

Like a present hereafter, the warm sound of laughter

As we danced to the Delta Queen Waltz

As the big wheel keeps rolling I find myself holding you near

With the night time unfolding I’m lucky just having you here

As a single wave curls down the shore, we’re waltzing away cross the floor

As our heart beats assemble, the boat lightly trembles

As we dance to the Delta Queen Waltz