Down to the River to Play Lyrics

We'll go down to the river to play in the hay

Yeah, now that it's the summer

We can play every day

And we'll build a fire in the night

Because the sun needs to sleep

And we have songs to swop and to keep

We have songs to swop

And I remember a time

When you would sing from your heart

And you mesmerised the crowd

Who couldn't tell you apart

From the name that you loved

Before you found you were wrong

Ah but, you know, we're all just trying to get along

We're all just trying to get

Down to the river to play in the hay

Yeah, now that it's the summer

We can play every day

And we'll build a fire in the night

Because the sun needs to sleep

And we have songs to swop and to keep

We have songs to swop

And I remember a time

When we had climbed to the top

And, the crowd, they had cheered

There was no way we could stop

And then we ran down the mountain

Because it's fast and it's free

Ah, you know, you know you are the devil in me

But we'll still go

Down to the river to play in the hay

Yeah, now that it's the summer

We can play every day

And we'll build a fire in the night

Because the sun needs to sleep

And we have songs to swop and to keep

We have songs to swop

And I remember a time

When we would break all the rules

Pass the hours with the games

We used to play after school

And I'm always the loser

But I still like playing pool

I am your truth-telling fool

But we'll still go

Oh we'll still go

Yeah we'll all go

Down to the river to play in the hay

Yeah, now that it's the summer

We can play every day

And we'll build a fire in the night

Because the sun needs to sleep

And we have songs to swop and to keep

We have songs to send us to sleep

And there won't be a peep