Well the big old Murray river is where we went to forget all our troubles and the worries of the world put that punt out on the water take her for a ride gonna catch us a big fish to eat tonight

Floating on the water gave you time to think of this big old world and what could have been and we'd be making jokes and having fun hanging it on everyone we were kings in our little world

And that big old Murray River is an ancient friend and she will never let you down she's always there winding through this land like a big brown snake flowing out to sea day after day

And that big old Murray River is an ancient friend and she will never let you down she's always there winding through this land like a big brown snake flowing out to sea day after day

Down through the powder dirt road our wheels would roll through the river gums and down to the bank and then we'd unload cooking yellow bellies in the fire

Singing songs right through the night the brightest stars in our little universe

And that big old Murray River is an ancient friend and she will never let you down she's always there winding through this land like a big brown snake flowing out to sea flowing out to sea flowing out to sea day after day