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I can't recall my Mother, I don't remember Dad
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Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had
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Oh, I was born to wander, oh, I was born to roam
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And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.
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Oh, I was born to wander, oh, I was born to roam
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And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.
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My cradle was the river, my school a river boat
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My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat
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His teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat
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He taught me not to gamble on a petticoat.
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Oh! Betty Mae, I love you, I love you Betty Mae
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I love you like a barefoot boy, loves a summer day
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The way a wand'ring gypsy, loves the changing scenes
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Just like the restless river, loves old New Orleans.
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I'd love a tiny village, a quite country town
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A house, a little garden, with kiddies runnin' 'round
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I'd be a faithful husband, I'd be a trusting friend
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Until I heard that steamboat, comin' 'round the bend.
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