Lyrics:

(As you might guess what by our sundry outfits
This is rather an informal affair
And this equipment over here is
Probably the world's most elaborate coffee-making machine
Uh, it's really what they call three-check, uh, stereo something or other
And there will probably be delays at times
Because our musicians, uh
Well one of them doesn't have a very good ear and
They have to keep tuning
We'll let you guess)

Coffee grows on white oak trees
The river flows with brandy-o
Go choose someone to roam with you
Sweet as 'lasses candy

There's two in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Two in the middle, and I can't get around
Two in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown
Two in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Two in the middle, and I can't get around
Two in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
I lost my true love on that ragin' canal

Well, she's gone, gone, gone
And she's gone, gone, gone
She's gone for to stay on that ragin' canal

Four in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Four in the middle, and I can't get around
Four in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown
Four in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Four in the middle, and I can't get around
Four in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
I lost my true love on that ragin' canal

Well, she's gone, gone, gone
And she's gone, gone, gone
She's gone for to stay on that ragin' canal

Fiddle in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Fiddle in the middle, and I can't get around
Fiddle in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown
Fiddle in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Fiddle in the middle, and I can't get around
Fiddle in the middle, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
I lost my true love on that ragin' canal

Wheel about and turn about, and I can't dance, Josie
Wheel about and turn about, and I can't get around
Wheel about and turn about, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown
Wheel about and turn about, and I can't dance, Josie
Wheel about and turn about, and I can't get around
Wheel about and turn about, and I can't dance, Josie
Hello, Susan Brown

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
I lost my true love on that ragin' canal
Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
I lost my true love on that ragin' canal

Well, she's gone, gone, gone
And she's gone, gone, gone
She's gone for to stay on that ragin' canal

Coffee grows on white oak trees
The river flows with brandy-o
Go choose someone to roam with you
Sweet as 'lasses candy-o