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Thread #59186 Message #941617
Posted By: Joe Offer
27-Apr-03 - 11:41 PM
Thread Name: The Songs of Mississippi.
Subject: ADDPOP: Mighty Mississippi (Randy Sparks)
Frank, could this be the song you want? I found it here (click). It was unattributed at that Website, but I've heard it sung by the New Christy Minstrels. Yeah, it's Randy Sparks - and I suppose it's not the one you want.
-Joe Offer-
MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI
(Randy Sparks)
Mighty Mississippi, roll along
Lazy river, sing your song
And it's away, Dixie, steady as you go
On your way down to the Gulf of Mexico
Oh! ol' man river keeps on callin' me
There ain't no place on earth I'd rather be
Well it's Greenville, Vicksburg and Natchez down the line
It's fare-thee-well ol' Memphis, Tennesse Mighty Mississippi, roll along
Lazy river, sing your song
And it's away, Dixie, steady as you go
On your way down to the Gulf of Mexico
Well, I used to ride aboard that River Queen
It was many a game of fortune I have seen
Oh, once I lost a million and I won it back again
On the way from Baton Rouge to New Orleans Mighty Mississippi, roll along
Lazy river, sing your song
And it's away, Dixie, steady as you go
On your way down to the Gulf my honey!
On your way down to the Gulf my baby!
On your way down to the Gulf of Mexico
"One more time!"
On your way down to the Gulf of Mexico
transcribed from The Definitive New Christy Minstrels CD. This song was on the Ramblin' album, recording in 1962-63.