Down along the Verdigris

Every where I look today everything is green
Oklahoma’s prettier now than I have ever seen.
High up in the cottonwood an eagle makes her nest.
Evening on the Verdigris, the time I love the best

Down along the Verdigris, the seasons come and go
Life is right beside you here and you can feel it flow
Down to meet the Arkansas then rolling to the sea
All the way to New Orleans from here on the Verdigris

Come and take a walk with me along the Verdigris
I’ll show you a sunset that’s the way it’s meant to be
Blackbird heading homeward at the closing of the day
Just like me, the Verdigris is where he means to stay

My first steps were taken
where her muddy waters flow
All my life I’ve walked these hills,
these hills are what I know
I tried life in Tulsa did not do a thing for me
I long to hear the birds in song along the Verdigris

Down along the Verdigris, the seasons come and go
Life is right beside you here and you can feel it flow
Down to meet the Arkansas then rolling to the sea
All the way to New Orleans from here on the Verdigris

Down to meet the Arkansas then rolling to the sea
All the way to New Orleans from here on the Verdigris

This song has special meaning to me
I live near this great old river
as a child I spent many days along its banks
at one time living less than a quarter mile from it
I remember those days
as a most happy time of my life
Even if I was the one to 'Pull'
water from a well!
[ I would do anything to do that one more time]
Now I cross it to and from work
I still love that old river
Mud and all
The photo above was taken from a bridge
along the Verdigris
Near Tulsa
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**KC**