When you were a young girl Did you want a rag doll The only doll you've ever owned Now I'll love you just the way you loved that rag doll Only now my love has grown It gets stronger as the river flows Deeper baby, heaven knows Higher, as it goes Do I love you, my oh my River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you, would I cry Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby When you were a young girl Did you have a puppy That always followed you around Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy No I'll never never let you down 'cause it gets stronger as the river flows It gets deeper baby, heaven knows It gets higher, so much higher, as it goes Do I love you, my oh my River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you, would I cry Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby I love you baby like a flower loves a spring I love you baby like a wrong man likes to sin I love you baby like a schoolboy likes his pie And oh I love you baby, river deep, mountain high Do I love you, my oh my River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you, would I cry Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby