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MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI
Words and music by Irving Gordon
As recorded by Patti Page

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; I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.

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.

CHORUS TWICE

Oh, darlin' how I love you; what more is there to say?
I love you like a barefoot girl loves a summer day,
The way a wandering gypsy loves the changing seas,
Just like the restless river loves old New Orleans.

CHORUS

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

CHORUS TWICE

TAG: And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.


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