If The River Was Whiskey

If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole

If the river was whiskey

And i was a duck

I'd dive to the bottom

And i'd never come up

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate

If the river was whiskey

And the branch was wine

You would see me in bathing

Just any old time

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate

I was born in england

Raised in france

I ordered a suit of clothes

And they wouldn't send the pants

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate

I was born in alabama

I was raised in tennessee

If you don't like my peaches

Don't shake on my tree

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate

I looked down the road

Just as far as i could see

A man had my woman

And the blues had me

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate

I ain't no doctor

But the doctor's son

I can do the doct'rin'

Till the doctor comes

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate

Got the hesitation stockings

The hesitation shoes

Believe to my lord

I've got the hesitation blues

Oh tell me how long

Have i got to wait

Oh can i get you now

Must i hesitate