Old muddy river
Long deep and wide
I wanna make love
on the other side
Move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Honey where they
don't want you
Raised in the kitchen
doin' no good
Gonna find me a woman
to burn my coal and wood
Move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Honey where they
don't want you
If you don't like the peaches
Don't shake my tree
I ain't after you woman
You're really after me
Move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Honey where they
don't know you
First on Main Street
then on Beale
I'm lookin' for the woman
they call Lucille
Move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Honey where they
don't know you
Well well if I were a catfish
swimmin' in the sea
All of you women
would be fishin' after me
Move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Gonna move across the river
Honey where they
don't want you
I'm gonna move across
the river baby
I gotta get away from
some of this nonsense