HATS OFF (TO THE BIG QUEEN CITY) ---------------------------------------------------- Hats off to the big queen city She is the lifeline to my heart Hats off to the big queen city She is the lifeline to my heart Long ago a lonely fur trader set out from Montreal, a year later He thought he found the way to China but he only found the Louisville Falls Then along comes Stephen Foster Oh Susanna what can I do Ring the bell for the ferry, it's crossing Wait now, wait until it answers you One tap if you come by foot and Two taps, if you've got wheels You might wind up in a power plant or a boneyard Scrapping steel Hats off to the big queen city She is the lifeline to my heart Hats off to the big queen city Never, how I never grow apart Charlie Hustle and the indian giver The moonlight on the ohio river No sooner will the damn thing freeze than rise right up and flood la de da, de da de da da da de de da da da....bop bop And all around the coliseum The army corp of engineers My sister she got married on the show boat Betsy Ann la de da...do it do it Hats off to the big queen city She is the lifeline, to my heart Hats off to the big queen city She is the lifeline to my heart Hats off to the big queen city She is the lifeline to my heart Hats off to the big queen city