You get on board the steamer
down in South Illinois
Soon you'll notice
that your heart is jumping with joy
Way off in the distance
you can see old St. Lou
Then you'll know nobody
could be happy as you
Your toe begins to tap
and out the funniest jive
You holler, glory, hallelujah,
ain't it great to be alive
Nothing great as Memphis
in the middle of June
When you're dancing with a cutie nymph,
a Tennessee moon
You tell yourself you know
you won't fall under her spell
Your heart keeps hoping
someone's got a cottage to sell
Stranger things have happened
when you're out on a roam
She set her cap to get you to the
steamboat stomp
Steamboat stomp, steamboat stomp
Your heart begins to rattle
like the rattle of a paddle
To the steamboat stomp,
the dreamboat stomp
And after twenty kisses
she's a Mississippi missus
And you're floating down the river
on a short honeymoon
You hold her hand
and listen to an old southern tune
See the picket fences
peepin' out through the trees
You smell the Creole
cookin' floatin' out on the breeze
The steward brings you gumbo
coupled with rice and beans
You holler, Heaven help me honey,
we're in New Orleans
Steamboat Stomp,
Steamboat Stomp
Your heart begins to rattle
like the rattle do the paddle
do the steamboat stomp
the dreamboat stomp
And after 20 kisses,
she's a Mississippi missus
and you're floating down the river
on a short honeymoon
You hold her hand
and listen to an old southern tune
See the picket fences
peeping out through the trees
you smell the Creole cooking
floating out on the breeze
The steward brings you gumbo
couple with rice and beans
you holler heaven help me, honey.
We're in New Orleans
Stranger things have happened
when you're out on the road
You tighten the nut
and look what you got in the steamboat stall