Written by Ken Darby/Lionel Newman
Intro: D Bm D Bm Mmm. G Em D Bm D D7 If you listen, you can hear it call : wail-a-ree ! (wail-a-ree) G Bm G7 C Cm G There is a river called The River Of No Return; Bm Em D sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free! G Bm G7 C Cm G Love is a trav'ler on The River Of No Return, Em G Bm Em C D G swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea. G (Wail-a-ree) I can hear the river call (no return, no return) No return, no return (wail-a-ree). Bm Em C D I can hear my lover call, "Come to me." (no return, no return) D7 G Bm G7 C Cm G I lost my love on the river and forever my heart will yearn, G Em Bm Em C D G Gone, gone forever down The River Of No Return. C G Wail a ree (wail-a-ree-ee), wail-a-ree. C D G He'll never return to me! (no return, no return)