The Whirl and the Suck

[00:26.51] It took a mighty good man with salty hands [00:31.03] And a mighty long raft [00:33.42] To keep the fore before the act [00:36.43] It take ten good men, and guts, and luck [00:40.21] And you might navigate the whirl and the suck [00:46.94] Well, the Tennessee River changed its mind [00:50.88] At Chattanooga, she oughta unwind [00:53.70] She could a run right on the Georgia Sea [00:57.38] But she cut right back through Tennessee [01:03.38] Well, the settlers come by raft and boat [01:07.05] Bringing everything that could stay a float [01:10.05] But like a Loco horse that'll twist and buck [01:13.69] They hardly ever made it through the whirl and the suck [01:19.54] It took a mighty good man with salty hands [01:23.11] And a mighty long raft [01:25.59] To keep the fore before the act [01:28.45] It take ten good men, and guts and luck [01:32.32] And you might navigate the whirl and the suck [01:37.21] [02:05.02] When General Washington was in his knicker bocks [02:08.64] The Cherokee Indians through the Chattanooga rocks [02:12.18] And the Chickamauga tribe, and the Nickajack [02:15.24] They kept the watch where the river cut back [02:18.48] And if a raft or a boat ever rode the bend [02:22.24] The Indians got them 'cause they had them hemmed in [02:27.94] It took a mighty good man with salty hands [02:31.29] And a mighty long raft [02:34.09] To keep the fore before the act [02:37.05] It take ten good men, and guts, and luck [02:41.14] And you might navigate the whirl and the suck [02:45.71]