Coffee grows on white oak trees.
The river flows with brandy oh.
Go choose someone to roam with you
Sweet as 'lasses candy.

There's two in the middle and I can't catch josie.
Two in the middle and I can't get around.
There's two in the middle and I can't catch josie.
Hello susan brown.

Two in the middle and I can't catch josie.
Two in the middle and I can't get around.
Two in the middle and I can't catch josie.
Hello susan brown.

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
I lost my true love on that raging canal.

Well, she's all gone, gone gone.
And she's all gone, gone, gone.
She's gone for to stay on that raging canal.

Four in the middle and I can't catch josie
Four in the middle and I can't get around.
Four in the middle and I can't catch josie
Hello susan brown.

2&3 Fiddle in the middle and I can't catch josie
Fiddle in the middle and I can't get around.
2&3 Fiddle in the middle and I can't catch josie
[All] hello susan brown.

Wheel about and turn about - can't catch josie
Wheel about and turn about - can't get around.
Wheel about and turn about - can't catch josie
Hello susan brown.

Wheel about and turn about - can't catch josie
Wheel about and turn about - can't get around.
Wheel about and turn about - can't catch josie
Hello susan brown.