Big River
Song Information
Song Title
Big River
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Johnny Cash
Song Stats
Shortest Version
03:17 (2022-07-03)
Longest Version
08:31 (2024-10-31)
Total Times Played
61
Longest Gap
2023-12-1657 2024-04-29
Longest Streak
2022-04-264 2022-04-29
Song Charts
Shows with Big River
  • Cornerstone - Berkeley, California 2025-02-12
    Set One
    Better Deal Blues, Lady Justice, Faded Lovin', Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Hi-Country, Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Double Exposure
    Set Two
    Big River 2 3, Loser > 2 3, Samson And Delilah 2 3, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 2 3, Blame The Train, Cosmic Country Gardens, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Walkin’ The Dog, Got My Mojo Workin' 4, California Sun
    Encore
    Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
  • The Showbox - Seattle, Washington 2025-02-06
    Set One
    Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Big River > , Darlin’ Cory, Rose In A Garden, Translation, Cosmic Country Gardens
    Set Two
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Double Exposure 2, Along The Trail, Passing Storm, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Got My Mojo Workin' 3 4
    Encore
    Angel From Montgomery
  • Brooklyn Bowl Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee 2024-12-13
    Set One
    Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence) 1, Lady Justice 1, Sittin' On Top Of World 1 2 3, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental) 1 2 3, Long Black Veil 1 3 4, I Saw The Light 1 3 4, Weathervane > 1 3, Blue Skies > 1 3, Weathervane (Reprise) 1 3, Why You Been Gone So Long 1 3
    Set Two
    Nashville Skyline Rag (FTP) 1 3 5, One More Night (FTP) > 1 3 5, The Gold Rush 1 3 5, To Be Alone With You 1 3 6 7, Peggy Day (FTP) 1 3 6 7 8, Walkin’ The Dog 1 3 6 7, Big River 1 3 6 7, Lay, Lady, Lay 1 6 9, I Threw It All Away (FTP) 1 6 9, Country Pie 1 6 10, Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 1 6 10, Girl From The North Country (FTP) 1 6 11, Tell Me That It Isn’t True (FTP) 1 6 11, Tonight I’ll be Staying Here With You (FTP) 1 6 12 13, Long Train Runnin' 1 6 14, Happy Birthday
  • Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2024-10-31
    Set One 1
    Free Wheelin' > 2, Heady Open Jam > , Sugar Shack > 3, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence) > , Tell Me I’m A Lover > 3, Hi-Country > , Lose Your Mind > , Bass Solo > , Mystery Train
    Set Two 4
    Pure Imagination (FTP) > , Candyman > , Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Down By The Riverside 5, Big River > , Oompa Loompa (FTP) , Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds > 6, The Wondrous Boat Ride (FTP) > , Double Exposure 7 8, Blueberry Hill (FTP) > 5, Tangled Up In Blue (FTP) > , Blue (Da Ba Dee) (FTP) > 9, Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Big Rock Candy Mountains (FTP) > , The Gold Rush (FTP) > , Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Going Down (FTP) > 2, Oompa Loompa (Reprise) , Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (FTP) > , Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Luck Of The Draw > 10, Sugar Leg Rag > , Oompa Loompa (Reprise) > , Sugar Leg Rag (Reprise)
    Encore
    Samson And Delilah
  • Hillberry The Harvest Moon Festival - Eureka Springs, Arkansas 2024-10-03
    Set One
    Lady Justice, See Through, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 1, Sittin' On Top Of World, Darlin’ Cory, What’d I Say (FTP) > 2, Arkansas Traveler, Big River > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
  • Levitate Music & Arts Festival - Marshfield, Massachusetts 2024-07-07
    Set One
    Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 2, Half Moon Night > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Lady Justice, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Tell Me I’m A Lover 1, Dance In The Desert
    VIP Acoustic Set With Solo Daniel
    Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Love's Gonna Live Here, Honky Tonk Blues (FTP) , You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, The Fugitive’s Lament (FTP) , Jack-A-Roe, Big River
  • Chelsea's Live - Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2024-04-29
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Cigar Time, Hi-Country, Devil In A Sleeping Bag, Two Hills (FTP) , Free Wheelin' > 1, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Half Moon Night, Translation (FTP) , Darlin’ Cory > , Arkansas Traveler, Got My Mojo Workin' 2, Edge Of The Mountain (FTP) 3, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Big River
  • Brooklyn Bowl Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee 2023-12-16
    Set One
    Lose Your Mind 13, Broadside Ballad > 1 13, Hangman's Reel 1 13, If We Make It Through December 1 13, Boogie Man 1 13, Weathervane > 2 13, Riders On The Storm > 2 13, Weathervane (Reprise) 2 13, Sugar Shack 2 3 13, Little Maggie 4 13, Today I Started Loving You Again 4 13, Half Moon Night 4 13, Country Christmas (FTP) 5 13, Ooh, Las Vegas 5 13, Over The Mountain 5 13
    Set Two
    Luck Of The Draw > 13, Sugar Leg Rag 13, Dance In The Desert 13, Mortgage On My Soul 6 7 13, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (FTP) 6 13, Run Run Rudolph 8 13, Black Mountain Rag (FTP) > 9, Big River 9, Down Along The Cove (FTP) 10 13, Are You Ready For The Country (FTP) 11 12 13, Ride Me High > 11 12 13, Dance In The Desert (Reprise) 11 12 13
    Encore
    Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 14
  • Mercury Ballroom - Louisville, Kentucky 2023-11-04
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Cigar Time, Better Deal Blues, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla > , Forgotten Days, Hello Trouble, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Big Iron > , Big River
    Set Two
    Sugar Shack 1, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 2, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Hi-Country > , Free Wheelin' > 3, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise)
    Encore
    Half Moon Night
  • FitzGerald's - Berwyn, Illinois 2023-10-28 1
    Set One
    Drivin' Nails In My Coffin, Big River, Big Iron, Railroad Bill, The Midnight Special (FTP) 2, Waitin' For A Train (FTP) , Hi-Country, When The Golden Train Comes Down, Free Wheelin' 3, Alabama Jubilee, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Ramblin' Fever, Night Train To Memphis
Lyrics

Well I taught the weeping willow,

How to cry, cry, cry.

And I showed the clouds,

How to cover up a clear blue sky.

And the tears that I cried for that woman,

Are gonna flood you big river.

Then I’m gonna sit right here until I die.


I met her accidentally,

In St. Paul, Minnesota.

And it tore me up every time,

I heard her drawl, southern drawl.

Then I heard my dream,

Was back downstream cavortin’ in Davenport.

And I followed you, Big river when you called.


Then you took me to St. Louis,

Later on, down the river.

A freighter said, “She’s been here,

But she’s gone, boy, she’s gone.”

I found her trail in Memphis,

But she just walked up the block.

She raised a few eyebrows,

And went on down alone.


Now, won’t you batter down by,

Baton Rouge, river queen, roll it on.

Take that woman on down,

To New Orleans, New Orleans.

Go on, I’ve had enough,

Dump my blues down in the gulf.

She loves you, big river, more than me.


Now I taught the weeping willow,

How to cry, cry, cry.

And I showed the clouds,

How to cover up a clear blue sky.

And the tears that I cried for that woman,

Are gonna flood you big river.

Then I’m gonna sit right here until I die.