River Song (Sherman)
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"River Song" is a song composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman in 1973. It was sung by Charley Pride in the musical motion picture Tom Sawyer. The song score received a Christopher Award and a nomination for an Academy Award.
[edit] Trivia
- The Sherman Brothers also wrote the screenplay for Tom Sawyer.
- The songwriters did not know how they would end their story until reading Twain's own conclusion. "River Song" was inspired by the last page of Mark Twain's book. The author writes: "So endeth this chronicle. It being strictly a history of a boy, it must stop here; the story could not go much further without becoming the history of a man. When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop -- that is, with a marriage; but when he writes of juveniles, he must stop where he best can."
- Academy Award winning actress, Jodie Foster appears as the character of Becky Thatcher opposite the title character of Tom Sawyer.
- "The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album" features three Sherman Brothers songs including "River Song". The other two songs were from the musical animation film, Charlotte's Web.
[edit] Lyrics
Oh a river's gonna flow
Cross the land, Cross the land
Oh a river's gonna flow
To the sea
And a boy is gonna grow
To a man, To a man
Only once in his life is he free
Only once in his life is he free
River runs warm in the summer sun
River runs cold when the summer's done
But a boy is just a dreamer by the river side
'cause the water's too fast and the water's too wide
Then the world turns around and the boy grows tall
He hears the song of the river call
River song sings 'travel on, travel on'
You blink away a tear and the boy is gone
Oh a River's gonna flow
Cross the land, Cross the land
Oh a river's gonna flow
To the sea
And a boy is gonna grow
To a man, To a man
Only once in his life is he free
Only one golden time in his life
Is he free
