The Whirl and the Suck Lyrics

The Whirl And The Suck

It took a mighty good man salty hands,
And a mighty long raft to keep the for before the aft.
You take ten good men and guts and luck,
And you might navigate the whirl and the suck.

Well, the Tennessee River changed its mind.
At Chattanooga she ought a un wind.
She could a run right on to the Georgia Sea,
But she cut right back through Tennessee.

Well, the settlers came by raft and boat,
Bringin? anything that would stay a float.
But like a loco horse that'll twist and buck,
They hardly ever made it thru the whirl and the suck.

It took a the river cut back.
And if a raft or a boat ever rode the bend,
The Indians got ?em ?cause they had ?em hemmed in.
It took a

When General Washington was in his Knickerbocks,
The Cherokee Indians through the Chattanooga Rocks,
And the Chickamauga Tribe and the Nick a jack,
Picked up the watch when Tennessee.

Well, the settlers came by raft and boat,
Bringin? anything that would stay a float.
But like a loco horse that'll twist and buck,
They hardly ever made it thru the whirl and the suck.

It took a the river cut back.
And if a raft or a boat ever rode the bend,
The Indians got ?em ?cause they had ?em hemmed in.
It took a