Big River · Musical
Songs in Big River
This page features the songs from Big River. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
Act One
- "Overture" — Big River Orchestra
- "Do You Wanna Go to Heaven" — Company
- "The Boys" — Tom Sawyer and The Boys
- "Waitin' for the Light to Shine" — Huck
- "Guv'ment" — Pap
- "Hand for the Hog" — Tom Sawyer (this number was cut for the revival)
- "I, Huckleberry, Me" — Huck
- "Muddy Water" — Jim and Huck
- "The Crossing" — Slaves
- "River in the Rain" — Huck and Jim
- "When the Sun Goes Down in the South" — Duke, King, Huck and Jim
Act Two
- "Ent'racte" — Big River Orchestra
- "The Royal Nonesuch" — Duke and the Company
- "Worlds Apart" — Jim and Huck
- "Arkansas/How Blest We Are" — Fool, Alice's Daughter and the Company
- "You Oughta Be Here With Me" — Mary Jane Wilkes, Susan Wilkes and Joanna Wilkes
- "How Blest We Are (Reprise)" — Company
- "Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go" — Mary Jane Wilkes, Jim and Huck
- "Waitin' for the Light to Shine (Reprise)" — Huck
- "Free At Last" — Jim and the Slaves
- "River in the Rain (Reprise)" — Huck and Jim
- "Muddy Water (Reprise)" — Company
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number.