Tennessee Ernie Ford also made a popular recording of this song. The lyrics are given below. Of course, it's written from a man's point of view, so the words relevant to gender are different.

There is an arrangement with chords on this page: http://www.jbott.com/mstrmis1.html

Lyrics copied from http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/ford-tennessee-ernie/mister-and-mississippi-6154.html

MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI
Words and Music by Irving Gordon

1. I can't recall my mother. I don't remember Dad.
Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had.
Oh, I was born to wander. Oh, I was born to roam;
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.

CHORUS: Oh, I was born to wander. Oh, I was born to roam;
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.

2. My cradle was the river, my school a river boat.
My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat.
My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat.
He taught me not to gamble on a petticoat.

3. Oh, Betty Mae, I love you. I love you, Betty Mae.
I love you like a barefoot boy loves a summer day,
The way a wand'ring gypsy loves the changing scenes,
Just like the restless river loves old New Orleans.

4. I'd love a tiny village, a quite country town,
A house, a little garden, with kiddies runnin' 'round.
I'd be a faithful husband. I'd be a trusting friend
Until I heard that steamboat comin' 'round the bend.