Lyr/Chord Req: Mississippi Delta Blues

Subject: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: steadigene
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 11:56 PM

In another thread someone mentioned posting the lyrics and chords to Mississippi Delta Blues, but I cannot find it anywhere on Mudcat. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks,
Gene

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: alanabit
Date: 30 Apr 03 - 07:48 AM

Another Mudcatter kindly found this for me a few weeks ago. I learned the guitar part from Stefan Großmann's notation some years ago. I can't recall who wrote it. Was it Blind Blake?

MISSISSIPPI BLUES

1. Goin' down to the Delta.
Where I can have my fun.
Goin' down to the Delta.
Where I can have my fun.
Where I can drink my white lightnin', gamble. . .
I can bring my baby home.

2. Don't the Delta look lonesome
When that evening sun go down?
[Spoken]: Just 'bout good an' dark.
Don't this Delta look lonesome
When that evenin' sun goes down?
Well, you been lookin' for your baby
Don't know where she could be found.

[Spoken]: Boy, I was lookin' all over town for her,
you know dat?

3. Goin' back to my use-to-be,
Although that she have done me wrong.
Goin' back to my use-to-be,
Although that she have done me wrong.
Well, I think I'll have to forgive her
'Cause I'm tired o' driftin' through this world alone.

[Spoken]: Ain't that a cryin' shame? 'Cause I started
to think about her a whole lot o' times. And she
way down Mississippi, and here I am up here!

4. She treats me dirty,
But I love her just the same.
Well, she treats me dirty,
But I love her just the same.
Well, it just breaks my heart to hear. . .
Lord, some other men call her name.

[Spoken with instrumental]: They better not do that!

5. Now goodbye, I'm gon' leave you,
An' I won't be back no more.

[Spoken]: I ain't gon' be gone that long, you
know—
Now goodbye, I'm gon' leave you,
An' I won't be back no mo'.
Man, my mind gets to ramblin'—
See you in Nineteen and Forty-fo'.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 30 Apr 03 - 07:56 AM

Or are you thinking of:

Way out on the levee
strolling in the pale moonlight
you can hear those steamboats
cross the fields of snowy white
Got a feeling I can't loose...
Muddy water in my shoes...
Now I got those Mississippi delta blues

Which I think is on Eddie Walkers "Red Shoes" album

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: steadigene
Date: 30 Apr 03 - 12:09 PM


Way out on the levee
strolling in the pale moonlight
you can hear those steamboats>

Yes. Starts out "With friends around and even plas that I know are true......"



It's been covered a lot. Merle does a version of it, among other folks. It's a Jimmie Rodgers tune.

Gene

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 01 May 03 - 08:06 AM

As best I can remember:

With Friends around and even pals you know are true
Still I'm lonesome, homesick and blue
No-one here can help me when I'm all alone
Longing for my Mississippi home

I'm longing for that levee
down by the Mississippi shore
beside those muddy waters I long to be once more
When the night is cloudy and the whipporwhills call
You can hear old mammie shout
"Come on in you all"

Way out on the levee
strolling in the pale moonlight
you can hear those steamboats
'cross the fields of snowy white
Got a feeling I can't loose...
Muddy water in my shoes...
Now I got those Mississippi delta blues

(instrumental break..."Take it away Mr Greenwood!)

Way out on the levee
strolling in the pale moonlight
you can hear those steamboats
'cross the fields of snowy white
Got a feeling I can't loose...
Muddy water in my shoes...
When I get those Mississippi delta blues...
When I get those Mississippi delta blues


(I play it in D but thats just my opinion :) )

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: steadigene
Date: 01 May 03 - 10:03 PM

Thanks!

Do you suppose that you could help me out with the chords? D is a lovely key.

Gene

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: Tiger
Date: 02 May 03 - 07:11 AM

You can use this for the chords, just transpose.

"Mississippi Delta Blues" --Jack Neville and Jimmy Rodgers version

Intro:C/Dm/ /C/C/A7/G7/C

1. [C]There's friends around[Cdim] and [C]even [D7]pals [A7]that I [D7]know are true,
    [G7]Still, I'm lonely, homesick and [C]blue. [D7] [G7]
   [C]There's no one who can cheer [Cm]me when [G]I'm [D7] a-[G]lone,
   [D7]Longing for my Mississippi [G7]home.

2. [C]Way down on thee delta, on that Mississippi [G7]shore,
   In that muddy water, I long to be, once [C]more.
   [C#7]When night shadows creep about [E7]and the whippoorwills [Am]call,
   [D7]You can hear old mammy shout: "Come in here, you [G7]all."

3. [C]Way down on the levee, strolling in the pale moonlight,[G7]
   You can see those steamboats and the [Am]fields of [E7]snowy [Am]white,
   There's a [Dm]feeling I can't lose, that muddy [C]water's in my [A7]shoes,
   [G7]When I get that Mississippi Delta [C]Blues.

4. (YODEL) de yo de [G7]lay hee hee, oh lay hee hee,
        de yo de [C]lay hee hee, lay hee.

5. I [C]long to hear[Cdim] them [C]darkies [D7]sing [A7]those old [D7]melodies
   [G7]"Swanee River" and "Old Black [C]Joe" [D7] [G7]
   [C]Sweet magnolia perfume, [Cm]floating [G]on [D7]the [G]breeze,
   [D7]Way down south is where I long to [G7]go.

Repeat verses 2, 3, and 4.


Mississippi Delta Blues -- Leon Redbone

With friends around and new-found pals I know are true,
Still, I'm lonely, homesick and blue.
There's no one who can cheer me when I'm all alone,
Longing for my Mississippi home.

        Way down on the delta, on the Mississippi shore,
        In that muddy water, I'd love to be, once more.
        When those shadows creep about and the whippoorwills call,
        You can hear old Mammy shout: "Come in here, you all."

        Way down on the leveŽ, strolling in the pale moonlight,
        You can see those steamboats in the fields of snowy white,
        There's a feeling I can't lose, the muddy water in my shoes,
        When I get them Mississippi Delta Blues.
        (YODEL)

The first song can be found on Jimmy Rodgers vinyl album (RCA Victor LPM-1640 33RPM) called "Train Whistle Blues". "Mississippi Delta Blues" is in Volume 2 of the music book "The Legendary Jimmy Rodgers Memorial Folio" and in the back it lists the contents of Volume 1. It was published by Peer International Corporation, in New York in 1967. The folios are still available at music stores.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: Janie
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:35 AM

I really love Tommy Thompson's (Red Clay Rambler's) rendition. I'm not where I can confirm it right now, but I think it was on Merchant's Lunch.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chrd Req: Mississippi Delta Blues
From: steadigene
Date: 02 May 03 - 11:30 AM

Thanks, Tiger!