If you listen, you can hear it call
Wailaree, Wailaree

There is a river called the river of no return
Sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free
Love is a traveler on the river of no return
Swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea

Wailaree, I can hear the river call
No return, no return, no return, no return
Wailaree, I can hear my lover call
Come to me, no return, no return

I lost my love on the river
And forever my heart will yearn
Gone, gone forever
Down the river of no return

Wailaree, Wailaree
You'll never return to me
No return, no return