The Jamestown Ferry

"The Jamestown Ferry"
Single by Tanya Tucker
from the album Delta Dawn
A-side"Love's the Answer"
ReleasedOctober 1972 (1972-10)
RecordedJuly 1972 (1972-07)
StudioColumbia (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry[1]
Length2:53
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Billy Sherrill
Tanya Tucker singles chronology
"Delta Dawn"
(1972)
"The Jamestown Ferry"
(1972)
"What's Your Mama's Name"
(1973)

"The Jamestown Ferry" is a song composed by Bobby Borchers and Mack Vickery. It was originally recorded and released as a single by American country artist, Tanya Tucker. The track was issued as a double A-side single in conjunction with "Love's the Answer" in October 1972. The singles both reached the top five of the American country chart and the top of the Canadian country chart. It was also included on Tucker's debut album called Delta Dawn.

Barbara Mandrell also recorded a version on her 1973 Columbia release The Midnight Oil

  1. ^ ""The Jamestown Ferry" by Tanya Tucker". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2022.