Recorded by: Hank Snow on RCA Camden
Written by: Jimmie Rodgers
Submitted by: Bill Winfield ([email protected])
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES
(C)Oh you Mississippi River, with (F)waters so deep and (C)wide
My (G7)thoughts of you keep risin', just like an evening (C)tide (C7)
I'm (F)just like a seagull that's left the (C)sea
Oh your (G7)muddy waters keep on callin' (C)me (C7)
CHORUS;
I'm gonna (F)pack my grip and head that way
You'll see me (C)hanging 'round again some day
'Cause I know (G7)that's the only way to lose
The Mississippi River (C) blues
I've often ridden on your bosom (C7)
From (F)Memphis down to New Or(C)leans
Floating (G7)over muddy waters, drifting through familiar (C)scenes C7
And when I (F)hear that whistle of an old steam (C)boat
Down that (G7)Mississippi River again I'm a-going to (C)float C7
Repeat Chorus.
(for last line, substitute: That (C)mean old Mississippi (G7)River (C)Blues
I don't know if this is the same song that "Helen" was looking for. But it
sure is the Hank Snow version. I've been singing it for 20 years or more.