MISSISSIPPI MOON
(Jimmie Rodgers and Elsie McWilliams)

I've heard all about the tune that's call the "Alabama Moon"
But the Mississippi moon is just as bright.

And I can't forget the time when I asked you to be mine.
For the moon was shining on that happy night.

And you promised me then what you'd wed me in June.
That's why I love the Mississippi moon.

Oh the Mississippi moon is smiling down tonight
And love just seems to fill the air.

The whippoorwills are flitting in its mellow light
And calling to the lovers there.
Let us stroll once again down the dear old lovers' lane,
Where nature seems to softly croon.

Our hearts will be so light, while we wander there tonight,
Underneath the Mississippi moon.

Oh-de-lay-ee-ay, le-oh-lay-ee, oh-de-oh-lay-ee-oh-lay-ee

Many years have come and gone since I met you there alone.
But tonight I'm thinking just as much you.
As I did when hand-in-hand we wandered in that magic land.
Where we gave our pledge to love each other true.

Come and go back with me to that spot in memory,
Just to see again that Mississippi moon.

Oh the Mississippi moon is smiling down tonight
And love just seems to fill the air.

The whippoorwills are flitting in its mellow light
And calling to the lovers there.
Let us stroll once again down the dear old lovers' lane,
Where nature seems to softly croon.

Our hearts will be so light, while we wander there tonight,
Underneath the Mississippi moon.

Oh-de-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee.

artist: Jimmie Rodgers; Transcribed from Rounder CD 1057 "Jimmie
Rodgers: "The Early Years, 1928-1929". Recorded in Camden, NJ, June 12,
1928, featuring Jimmy on solo vocal and guitar.