The Jamestown Ferry Song Lyrics and Chords by Tanya Tucker
The Jamestown Ferry
Recorded by Tanya Tucker
Written by Mack Vickery and Bobby Borchers
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He just caught the Jamestown Ferry it's
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not a hot day in January
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said it'd be
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if he ever left me
A case of
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gone was all he carried as he
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got on the Jamestown
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Ferry
And he
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said that gone was
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all he'd ever
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be
I didn't think that he'd leave me after
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saying how much he needs me
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the fact still
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remains I'm sitting here all
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alone
Missing loving of my baby Lord it's
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bout to drive me crazy
He was the
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sweetest piece of
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heaven I've ever
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known
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As I walk through his kingdom of
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honky tonks and bars
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remember how he'
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d hold me and comfort me wit
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talk
He didn't cuss with every breath he had a
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soothing southern drawl
Made me
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feel like a
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lady through it
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all
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Jamestown Ferry?
- The song The Jamestown Ferry was sang by Tanya Tucker.
Who is Tanya Tucker?
- Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits.
She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". Tucker's 2019 album While I'm Livin' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and "Bring My Flowers Now" from that same album won Tucker a shared songwriting Grammy for Best Country Song.
