There's an old man who lives by the river
In an old log cabin with the cracks in the wall
Makes his livin' by the catchin' of the fish
If he don't catch many well he can't fix the wall
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
Wade across the river where the waters ain't deep
Old man prayed the big fish are bitin'
The time of the year it's late in the fall
Winter's 'commin' the winds gonna whistle
Snow gonna blow through the cracks in the wall
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
Wade across the river where the water ain't deep
The old man Courted a pretty youg maiden