There a river called THE RIVER OF NO RETURN Sometimes it’s peaceful and wild and free Love is a trav’ler on RIVER OF NO RETURN Swept on for ever to be lost in the stormy Wail-a-ree I can hear the river call [ no return, no return ] Where roarin’ waters fall wail-a-ree I can my lover call come to me no return, no return ] I lost my love on the river and ever my heart will yearn Gone gone ever down THE RIVER OF NO RETURN Wail-a-ree She’ll never return to me! [ no return, no return, no return ]