MISSISSIPPI BLUES
As recorded by William Brown a.k.a. Willie Brown

1. Goin' down to the Delta, where I can have my fun.
Goin' down in 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 evenin' sun goes down?
[Spoken]: Just 'bout good as 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 used-to-be, although that she have done me wrong.
Goin' back to my used-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'.