There's mosquitos on the river Fish are rising up like birds It's been hot for seven weeks now, Too hot to even speak now, Did you hear what I just heard? Say it might have been a fiddle Or it could have been the wind But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it in my feet now Listen here it comes again! There's a band out on the highway They're high steppin'into town They're a rainbow full of sound It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns Everybody's dancin' C'mon children, C'mon children Come on clap your hands Sun went down in honey, Moon came up in wine Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord The band kept us too busy We forgot about the time. They're a band beyond description Like Jehovah's favorite choir People join in hand 'n hand While the music plays the band, Lord They're settin' us on fire. Crazy rooster crowin' midnight Balls of lightnin' roll along Old men sing about their dreams Women laugh and children scream And the band keeps playin' on. Keep on dancin' thru to daylight Greet the mornin' air with song No one noticed, but the band's all packed and gone Was it ever here at all? But they keep on dancin' C'mon children, C'mon children Come on clap your hands Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday And the corn's a bumper crop The fields are full of dancin' Full of singin' and romancin', cause The music never stopped.