Little River lyrics

Sunny afternoon on a riverside

Children playing games of seek-and-hide

They throw the colored ball and they hide away

But the devil stopped their harmless play

Little Tommy tried to catch the ball

He tumbeled into the water and he lost control

But Mary's little hand couldn't save the boy

Pain is when you lose a friend and she cried:

Tell me, little river

Tell me where my love has gone

For him I'll wait forever

Till the morning he will return

Tell me, little river

Why don't you give him back?

Send him this little flower

As long as I live, he can't be dead

Little children playing on the shore

They don't talk about it anymore

What had happened on that warm September day

Sometimes in the wind you hear a prayer:

Tell me, little river

Tell me where my love has gone

For him I'll wait forever

Till the morning he will return

Tell me, little river

Why don't you give him back?

Send him this little flower

As long as I live, he can't be dead