The river card, or just river, is the last card dealt. In most community poker games, the dealer starts each hand by dealing every player two hole (facedown) cards.
... Now his nurse, some local loser She’s in charge of the cyanide hole And she also keeps the cards that read “Have mercy on his soul”...
" I think she was a middle-distance runner..." You never know your luck ! From the album "Crest of a Knave"...Jack the lad From the album "Songs from the wood".
Back to 1957 and the London Palladium for a No1 hit by Lonnie D. If you could jive to this you could jive!