[Verse 1]
Some rows up
But we floats down
Way down the Ohio
To Shawneetown

[Chorus]
And it's hard on the beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio

[Verse 2]
Whisky's in the jug boys
And wheat's in the sack
We'll trade 'em down to Shawneetown
And we'll bring the rock salt back

[Chorus]
And it's hard on the beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio

[Verse 3]
Oh them good old boys
They talk so loud and long
They're wide as a barrel
And they're twice as strong
[Chorus]
And it's hard on the beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio

[Verse 4]
The water's mighty warm boys
The air is cold and dank
And the cursed fog it gets so thick
That you cannot see the bank

[Chorus]
And it's hard on thе beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On thе Ohio

[Verse 5]
Now the current's got her
And we'll take up the slack
We'll sail her down to Shawneetown
And we'll bushwhack her back

[Chorus]
And it's hard on the beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio
[Verse 1]
Some rows up
But we floats down
Way down the Ohio
To Shawneetown

[Chorus]
And it's hard on the beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio

And it's hard on the beach oar
She moves too slow
Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio

Way down to Shawneetown
On the Ohio