I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River

"I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River" is a 1915 song with words by Bert Kalmar and music by Joe Cooper.

The song is sung from the point of view of a husband who has to explain to his wife why he stayed out until 4:30 in the morning.

He states that he has been floating down the old Green River on the good ship "Rock and Rye", where he got "stuck on a bar".

The tag line in the lyric is: The song is a play on words, as Green River was a popular brand of whiskey at the time.

[5] Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen included the song on the 1964 album Jazz Band Ball and it was later included in the compilation The Pye Jazz Albums (2003).