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 ]