water transportation songs: big river

there aren't many songs (at least that I know of) that provide nautical directions. The Johnny Cash song Big River is one of them. This is truly a classic, documenting a trip south along the great Mississippi

big river - johnny cash

i met her accidentally in st. paul (minnesota)
and it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl
then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in davenport,
and I followed you, big river, when you called

then you took me to st. louis later on (down the river)
a freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone
i found her trail in memphis, but she just walked up the bluff
she raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone

now, won't you batter down by baton rouge, river queen, roll it on
take that woman on down to new orleans, new orleans
go on, i've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf
she loves you, big river, more than me