She’ll Be Clean Once More

From the Album River Circular

Floating down the Mississippi River
Turning gold up and down her shores
Can you hear the voices of the river
She’ll be clean once more

She’ll be clean once more
She’ll be clean once more
Floating up and down
Along the Mississippi River shore
Can you hear the voices of the river
She’ll be clean once more

Water of sky, earth, wind and thunder
Water of dance; water of song
River of sunlight upon her waters
She’ll be clean once more

She’ll be clean once more
She’ll be clean once more
Floating up and down
Along the Mississippi River shore
Can you hear the voices of the river
She’ll be clean once more

Gamblers and millers, musicians and tillers
Free at last; follow the drinking gourd
From New Orleans north to Lake Itasca
She’ll be clean once more

She’ll be clean once more
She’ll be clean once more
Floating up and down
Along the Mississippi River shore
Can you hear the voices of the river
She’ll be clean once more

Words & Music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 1982; renewed 2025 | BMI

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