CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (On a Sunday Afternoon)Blue Baron/Russ Morgan- words and music by Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton, two middle-aged women who wrote the song to win a British songwriting contest in 1945- sung by the crew of H.M.S. Amethyst as it made its historic dash down the Yangtze River in 1949Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoonWith one you love, the sun above waiting for the moonThe old accordian playing a sentimental tuneCruising down the river on a Sunday afternoonThe birds above all sing of love, a gentle sweet refrainThe winds around all make a sound like softly falling rainJust two of us together, we'll plan a honeymoonCruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
