Trinity River Blues

"Preacher Boy" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday, and composer Jeanne Burns and published by E.B. Marks. This is one of seven songs written by or co-written by Holiday that she never recorded.According to Holiday, she wrote the song as a tribute to her second husband, Louis McKay. Holiday met McKay's family in December 1951 and recalled: "His mother, she's eighty years old and she had this dog and she loved this dog so much. The dog died and he preached over the dog. One day, we were walking down the street (in his home town) and somebody says 'Hey Preach! Hey Preach! What's the matter? You don't know me anymore, man?' Well I asked Louis what he was talking about and he said 'he's talking about me,' so that's how I learned the story." The song w… more »

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Where the big boulder tears
The current into pairs
That's where the geese like to rest
I guess they know best
But i'm just lookin' at you, sugar

Where the rapids quite
That's where i like to sit
And hear the river roll
By the swimming hole
And i'm just lookin' at you, sugar

I like the way that it's rushin' over
I like the smell of that cold alpine dew
I like to hear that old river song
All night long

If i had a painting brush
I'd paint the sound of the rush
Gray, green, and white
Flowing right
But i'm just looking at you, sugar

I ain't skippin' rocks
And i ain't checkin' no clocks
Umbrella plants grow tall
Ain't doin' nothin' at all
I'm just lookin' at you, sugar

I like the way that it's rushin' over
I like the smell of that cold alpine dew
I like to hear that old river song
All night long

In the cold mountain morning shiver
I'm countin' one, two, three, trinity river

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