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The River of No Return
Words & Music by Ken Darby & Lionel NewmanRecorded by Marilyn Monroe & Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1954
From the movie of the same name
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There is a river called the river of no return;
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Sometimes it's peaceful, and sometimes wild and free!
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Love is a trav'ler on the river of no return,
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Swept on forever to be lost in a stor - my sea.
Bridge:
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Wail-a-ree I can hear the river call (no return, no return)
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Where the roarin' waters fall,
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Wail-a-ree I can hear my lover call, "Come to me"
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I lost my love on the river, and forever my heart will yearn;
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Gone, gone forever down the river of no re - turn.
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Wail-a-ree wail-a-ree
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You'll never re - turn to me! (no return, no return, no return)