Keep it clean – Charley Jordan, Dave Rawlings Machine, Dave Van Ronk
Capo 2 or 3 – whatever suits your voice.

V1:
G
Yeah, I went to the river and I couldn't get across
Jumped on your back because I thought it was a horse

CHORUS:
C
I rode him over Gimme Coca-Cola
G
lemon soda, salted ice cream
D
And I give him soap and water
 	  	  	  	 G
Honey, gonna keep it clean

V2:
G
Bought a wig for your mama 'cause you had bad hair
G7
Put a muzzle on your daddy 'cause he look like a bear >> CHORUS

G
The craziest gal that I ever seen
G7
her top was purple and her bottom was green  >> CHORUS

G
Now you wanna go to heaven when you D-I-E
G7
Gotta put on your collar with your T-I-E  >> CHORUS

G
Oh, if you wanna get a rabbit off a L-O-G
G7
You got to pull him off the stump like a D-O-G   >> CHORUS

G
If you wanna hear an elephant laugh
G7
take him to the river wash his yas yas yas  >> CHORUS