| Well, the river runs deep | |
| And the water is cold as ice | |
| The river runs deep | |
| And the water is cold as ice | |
| I go down there every chance I get | |
| It's where my baby she met her death | |
| And the river runs deep | |
| And the water's cold as ice | |
| Ain't no woman | |
| Gonna make a fool out of me | |
| Ain't no woman | |
| Gonna make a fool out of me | |
| Running 'round, that's what they said | |
| She's at the bottom of the river dead | |
| And the river runs deep | |
| And the water's cold as ice | |
| No cheating woman | |
| Gonna get a good man down | |
| No cheating woman | |
| Gonna get a good man down | |
| Running 'round like a silly fool | |
| You're gonna end up at the bottom of the pool | |
| And the river runs deep | |
| And the water's cold as ice |