Little boy found Little boy lost Down by the river Away from the coast In a little row boat Diamond shaped Taking a nap And daydreaming away ♪ Open my eyes, what do I see Riverboat man's staring at me Moving slowly his big strong hand Draining the water with a rusty can ♪ And I can tell he's into something Good enough to tell me nothing It doesn't matter what we do He's always moaning river blues Look here, boy This is a bait Put it on the hook Now we gotta wait Keep it still See what you do We might catch a black bass And a catfish, too And I can tell he's into something Good enough to tell me nothing Sweat is dripping from his head And clinks the gilded wooden leg ♪ I said, "Why is it so?" He said, "Just because" And he sang "Everybody knows somebody Everybody knows somebody from Badajoz" Tied with a rope Tied to a tree Riverboat dances In the middle of the stream I'm holding the rod As good as I can Keeping an eye On the riverboat man, riverboat man And I can tell he's into something Good enough to tell me nothing It doesn't matter what we do He's always moaning river blues Everybody knows somebody from Badajoz ♪ Everybody knows somebody from Badajoz ♪ Everybody knows somebody ♪ Everybody knows somebody from Badajoz