I'm gonna pack up some of these empties here just as soon as we know where they lay Tying on to them jolly and leaving lines on a long hot summer day For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay All I'm doing is building up barges on a long hot summer day Last night we had pork for supper, today it'll be chicken consomme And a fridge jar full of iced tea on a long hot summer day For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay All I'm doing is building up barges on a long hot summer day Well I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a good old gal okay I bet she's sitting by her window fan on a long hot summer day For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay All I'm doing is building up barges on a long hot summer day Well we put a man off in Beardstown when we come down yesterday I'm gonna get on off the Halton on a long hot summer day For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay All I'm doing is building up barges on a long hot summer day For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay All I'm doing is building up barges on a long hot summer day