The Ella B

Have you ever took a boat ride

Down the Mississippi

Well, if you do

You ought to take it on the Ella be

Yes, she starts off in St. Louis Missouri

And she takes you down to New Orleans

And on out to the sea

Well you heard about the good Queen Mary

Sailing on the seven seas

But you ain't never took no boat ride

Till you been riding on the Ella be

Her accommodations are among the best

You get three square meals a day

And a place to rest

We can just smells them ol hot biscuits

And that country ham

That old fried chicken,

Mash potatoes and the candied yam

Well you heard about the Constitution

Fighting the revolutionary war

Well ? America's inland neighbor

She's the finest running shore to shore



Mm... It takes about a week

To get back down that there river

But once you get on board

You can wish it would last forever

Oh you just sit out on the deck

And fish off the side all day

Watch the sunny south land roll on by

And dream your blues away

Well you heard about the ship Titanic

A sailing on the northern sea

But you ain't never took no boat ride

Till you been ridin' on the Ella be

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