miss the mississippi and you

i'm groing tired of the big city lights

tired of the glamour

tired of the size

i'm alway dreaming of roaming once more

back to my home on the old river shore

days are dark and dreary everywhere i roam

how i long for mississippi and you

nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's door

how i miss the mississippi and you

roaming the wide world over

always alone and blue

so blue

i am sad and weary

longing to go home

yes

i miss the mississippi and you

mockingbirds are singing 'round the cabin door

while i dream of mississippi and you

and my memories are bringing happy days of yore

i have spent in mississippi with you

roaming the wide world over

always alone and blue

so blue

longing for my homeland on that muddy watershore

yes

i miss the mississippi and you

the mississippi and you