Swimming in the Channel
[Verse 1]
Snake River rolls and flows
Right through our town,
St. Anthony, Idaho,
Come walk around.
The summer sun keeps beating down.
Our swimming hole is right in town.
The river splits. It flows around
Keefer Park where shade abounds.
[Instrument solo]
[verse 2]
The channel’s real. It’s not a dream
You'll see for sure a robust shore.
With bare feet, hot rocks sting.
Doesn’t matter. Light shoes we bring.
Everyday, we shout. we skip. we bound.
We seek this place like a happy hound.
[Prechorus]
The water’s deep.
For me, a blast.
Fun hours here,
We make them last.
[Chorus]
We jump
Stand tall
We fly
No clocks, no pay.
Just play all day.
We jump
Stand tall
We fly
No clocks, no pay.
Just play all day.
[Instrument solo]
[Verse 3]
The lava's rough we're walking or'
But River World we’re looking for.
Thirty feet beyond the pool
White water brings another jewel.
It tells us where to go.
White water does not last.
We swim on through
And feel the blast.
[Prechorus]
The water’s cold
The air is warm
We’re so alive
Each day, re-born
[chorus]
We jump
Stand tall
We fly
No clocks, no pay.
Just play all day.
We jump
Stand tall
We fly
No clocks, no pay.
Just play all day.
Come with a friend.
The river flows and bends
And worries it suspends
Yes, Mom, come and see.
That is where you’ll want to be.
The above picture shows the channel.
It is deep and allows one
to dive or jump in from the rocks.
Notice the calm water shown
at the bottom of the picture.
Just above this section,
notice the narrow flow
with some white water.
This white-water section
carries the swimmer along quickly
and pushes the swimmer
into the wider, deeper, calmer pool.
It's a perfect swimming spot
on the North Fork of the Snake River.
Keefer Park is higher
and to the left of the river.
Keefer Park is a small island.