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06 Sep 20 - 12:21 PM (#4070977) Subject: Lyr Req: I'm Mississippi Bound From: Peter Fisher Anyone have the lyrics to "I'm Mississippi Bound" sung by the Delmore Brothers? Google search comes up empty for lyrics. |
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06 Sep 20 - 12:50 PM (#4070981) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm Mississippi Bound From: cnd Transcribed by ear from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMczEoSHGpE&app=desktop I'M MISSISSIPPI BOUND I'm Mississippi bound today I'm not so very far away Before the sun goes down again I'll be near my journey's end That is where I'm going, and I'm on my way Back to Mississippi today It's pleasant to be knowing before another day I'll be getting home again I will soon be with them, so precious to me The sky will then be brighter for me There's a grand old welcome waiting for me Down a-Mississippi way I'm Mississippi bound today I'm riding all my blues away I'm traveling on a southern train It's speeding like an aeroplane That is where I'm going, and I'm on my way Back to Mississippi today It's pleasant to be knowing before another day I'll be getting home again I will soon be with them, so precious to me The sky will then be brighter for me There's a grand old welcome waiting for me Down a-Mississippi way I'm Mississippi bound today And I'm a-going back to stay I'm gonna quit my rambling 'round I'm going back to settle down That is where I'm going, and I'm on my way Back to Mississippi today It's pleasant to be knowing before another day I'll be getting home again I will soon be with them, so precious to me The sky will then be brighter for me There's a grand old welcome waiting for me Down a-Mississippi way |
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11 Sep 20 - 05:57 PM (#4071568) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm Mississippi Bound From: Peter Fisher Thank you! I was having trouble with a couple of lines in the chorus. I didn't get "the sky will then be brighter" and I thought it was "that's the kind of welcome" but "There's a grand old welcome" makes more sense. |
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12 Sep 20 - 12:16 PM (#4071637) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm Mississippi Bound From: leeneia Thanks for sharing. Now I know where the Everly Brothers came from. cnd, I know it's a lot of work to get all those lyrics down. Well done! |
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12 Sep 20 - 09:07 PM (#4071691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm Mississippi Bound From: cnd Thanks Peter and leenia, I enjoyed listening to the song and taking down the lyrics, and it was also a nice song I'd never heard before. |