Long Hot Summer Days - John Hartford

Gonna pick up some of these empties here

Just as soon as we know where they lay

Tied off of them jolly and leaving lines

On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River

Get a half a day off with pay

Old tow boat makin' up barges

On a long hot summer day

Well I got me a gal in Pekin

She’s a good ol' gal okay

I bet she’s sitting by 'er window fan

On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River

Get a half a day off with pay

Old tow boat makin' up barges

On a long hot summer day

Last night we had port for supper

Today it’ll be chicken consomme

And a fruit jar full of iced tea

On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River

Get a half a day off with pay

Old tow boat makin' up barges

On a long hot summer day

Well we put a man off in Beardstown

When we come down yesterday

I’m gonna get off down at Alton

On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River

Get a half a day off with pay

Old tow boat makin' up barges

On a long hot summer day