Lyrics:
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town
One dusty street to walk up and down
Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound
In a Mississippi cotton
Railroad dust for the brakemen singing Blue Yodel #9
She'll have a stripe for Robert Johnson
And one for Charlie Pride
When the brand new Mississippi flag
Through small-town nights and railroad lights
And the muddy river haze
I've got that
Delta dirt under my feet
Crickets are playing their tune
Tonight I'm
the table, amen
Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze
Wish I'd never left ya
Spent enough time in this old rat race
I'm goin' on back to the delta
The Mississippi sky is howlin’ angry thunder
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I beg of you
Take me far away from these Delta Blues
Blues in the morning
Blues at night
If I don’t
Cradle of the blues, that delta land
Cottonfields, catfish farms
Steady-rocking rhythm since the dawn of time
Down in Mississippi
Down in
THESE DELTA ROADS EVERY ONE I KNOW BY THE COTTON FIELDS AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE HEAT, MOST FOLKS WHO GET THE CHANCE TO LEAVE
Momma and daddy raisin' cotton and kids
Where the Mississippi River rolls
Plantin' our dreams in that black delta dirt
Choppin' out another tomorrow
Cradle of the blues, that delta land
Cottonfields, catfish farms
Steady-rocking rhythm since the dawn of time
Down in Mississippi
Down in
Standing in the middle of a Delta Storm
Thunder all around me wishing I could stay warm
Clouds are rolling round me in the Mississippi breeze
If I
M I double S I double S I double P I
M I double S I double S I double P I
Right in the middle of the cotton belt
Down in the Mississippi Delta
flowed indifferent to the life that once was
In the heart of the delta nature's unforgiving laws
Oh Mississippi ancient and wise
Your waters see
Know what I'm talkin' bout
Yeah, Mississippi mothafucka (Newton County)
What I live and die for (Scott County)
Ball for the kids (Simpson County)
to the Delta
I'm tired of searching for the answers
Always out there on the run
I'm going back to where my heart is
Down Highway 61
Mississippi Moon
and cornbread
Grits and greens
Candied yams and black eye peas
If you goin' to Mississippi, where that Delta sky is sweet and clear
Ooo y'all I'm stuck here
play my Mississippi Blues
Beneath the Delta Moon at night
I gotta a river hip momma
Indianola is where she stays
I gotta a river hip momma
Indianola is
Know what I'm talkin' bout
Yeah, Mississippi mothafucka (Newton County)
What I live and die for (Scott County)
Ball for the kids (Simpson County)
Mississippi delta come a-rollin' in
Mississippi delta come a-rollin' in
When that muddy water come a-rollin' in
Ain't no right place to be in
Heard
Mississippi Delta Cotton County Queen
Snuck up to the house in the heat of the night
Hid in the hedge 'til they turned out the lights
Tapped on the windows
she comes, the best sight I've ever seen
The Mississippi Delta Queen
Toot tooting on the whistle, getting up a head of steam
Backing out on the river,
[Chorus]
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town
One dusty street to walk up and down
Nothing much to do but hang around
In a Mississippi
the Londoners are swell and seem like they adore me
Now I drive my sedan up
Through Louisiana
I got questions, you've got the answers
Mississippi Delta, I'm
I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land
I grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand
My mama said son take that girl and go
the road alone
I guess I'll never make it back to home
My muddy water Mississippi delta home
Well the winters here they get too cold
The damp it makes me ill
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