If you listen you can hear it call Wail-a-ree [wail-a-ree] There is a river called The River of no Return Sometimes it's peaceful And sometimes wild and free!
Love is a trav'ler On the River of no Return Swept on for ever To be lost in the stormy sea Wail-a-ree I can hear the river call [ no return, no return ]
Where the roarin' waters fall wail-a-ree I can hear my lover call come to me [ no return, no return ]
I lost my love on the river and for ever my heart will yearn Gone gone for ever Down the River of no Return Wail-a-ree wail-a-re-e-ee She'll/He'll never return to me! [ no return, no return, no return ]