Dink’s Song (Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis, MN - Dec. 22, 1961)

[Verse 1]

If I had wings

Like Noah's Dove

I’d fly the river

To the one I love

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Verse 2]

I had a man

Who was long and tall

Moved his body

Like a cannonball

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Verse 3]

Remember one evenin'

Was drizzlin' rain

Around my heart

I felt an aching pain

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Verse 4]

Once I wore

My apron low

Couldn’t keep you

Away from my door

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Verse 5]

Now my apron

Is up to my chin

You pass my door

But you never come in

Farе thee well, my honey

Fare thee wеll

[Verse 6]

Oh, mighty river

Runs muddy and wild

Can’t care the bloody

For my unborn child

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Verse 7]

Number 9 train

Won’t do no harm

Number 9 train

Take my poor baby home

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Verse 8]

Fastest man

I ever saw

Skipped Missouri

On the way to Arkansas

Fare thee well, my honey

Fare thee well

[Outro]

Huh?

Is that how the original goes?

That's the way I heard it, I heard that from a lady named Dink... I don't know who wrote it