Big boat sailing out across Oklahoma
On the manmade river and canal
Hey, hey, cowboy
You better watch out
For the riverboat's sailing
And will steal your gal

I never conceived
Or ever believed
That in my life I'd see
A big boat sailing
Up the Cimarron River
Out on the lone prairie

But it gives my heart a thrill
To see the big boat
A steaming through the jungle
Across the Oklahoma hills

Big boat sailing out across Oklahoma
On the manmade river and canal
Hey, hey, cowboy
You better watch out
For the riverboat's sailing
And will steal your gal
The big boats breeze
Through the Florida Keys
And the Gulf of Mexico
Then head north from New Orleans
Through the Louisiana bayou

Turn left at the Arkansas
On the interstate waterway
Across Oklahoma
Up to Wichita

Big boat sailing out across Oklahoma
On the manmade river and canal
Hey, hey, cowboy
You better watch out
For the riverboat's sailing
And will steal your gal

Hey, hey, cowboy
You better watch out
For the riverboat's sailing
And will steal your gal

For the riverboat's sailing
And will steal your gal
For the riverboat's sailing
And will steal your gal