Cool Water

A western Americana song from 1936
Words and music by Bob Nolan

The sheet music:

Cool Water – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Cool_Water – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. All day I’ve faced a barren waste
    Without the taste of water, cool water
    Old Dan and I with throats burned dry
    And souls that cry for water
    Cool, clear water

Refrain:
Keep a-movin’, Dan, don’t you listen to him, Dan
He’s a devil, not a man
And he spreads the burnin’ sand with water
Dan, can you see that big, green tree?
Where the water’s runnin’ free
And it’s waitin’ there for you and me?
Water, cool, clear water

2. The nights are cool and I’m a fool
Each star’s a pool of water, cool water
And with the dawn I’ll wake and yawn
And carry on to water
Cool, clear water

    1. The shadows sway and seem to say
      “Tonight we pray for water, cool water”
      And way up there He’ll hear our prayer
      And show us where there’s water
      Cool, clear water
    2. Dan’s feet are sore, he’s yearning for
      Just one thing more than water, cool water
      Like me I guess he’d like to rest
      Where there’s no quest for water
      Cool, clear water

    Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: