Steamboat Row lyrics

Song information

Artist: Stealers Wheel
Album: Ferguslie Park

Lyrics

(Rafferty)

My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer
Than an irishman who worked an honest day
From steamboat row, in rain or shine, he'd make his way down to the mine
Along the dusty road he'd travel
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to steamboat row

He used to tell about the time he got hurt down in the mine
He said he'd never go back down again
But in his heart he knew he would, he did the only thing he could
Kept on walkin' down that road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to steamboat row

But when he took to drinkin' we knew that he was thinkin'
That his days were quickly coming to an end
He'd only speak of steamboat row, he said someday we ought to go
And walk along that dusty road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to steamboat row

Gerry rafferty & joe egan: their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos – and featuring their organs
Peter robinson: piano, electric piano, hammond organ, pipe organ, synthesizer & chimes
Gary taylor: electric bass and mini-moog
Joe jammer: electric guitar
Andrew steele: drums, tambourines, congas, triangle, chimes, maracas, wood blocks, cowbell, claves and jawbones
Bernie holland: electric guitar
Chris neale: harmonica
Corky hale: harp
Chris mercer: tenor sax
Steve gregory: tenor sax
Mike stoller: electric harpsichord
Strings arranged by richard hewson
Horns arranged by mike stoller