Mississippi Delta Blues Lyrics

With friends around and even pals that I know are true
Still I'm lonely homesick and blue
There's no one who can cheer me when I'm alone
Longing for my Mississippi home

Way down on the delta on that Mississippi shore
In that muddy water, I long to be once more
When that shadows creep about and the whippoorwill call
You can hear old mommy shout, "Come in here, you all"

Way down on the levee, strolling in the pale moon light
You can see those steamboats and fields of snowy white
That's a feeling, I can't lose muddy water in my shoes
When I get those Mississippi Delta blues
(Yodel)

I long to hear them singing songs, them old melodies
Swanee River and Ol' Black Joe
That sweet magnolia perfume floating on the breeze
Way down south is where I long to go
Hey, way down on the delta

Merle Haggard - Vintage Collections

Jun 2010

1. Mama Tried
2. I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
3. Making Believe
4. Worried, Unhappy, Lonesome And Sorry
5. Branded Man
6. They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down
7. White Line Fever
8. Sing Me Back Home
9. Someday We'll Look Back
10. Mississippi Delta Blues
11. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
12. Swinging Doors
13. The Family Bible
14. Hungry Eyes
15. Blues Stay Away From Me
16. The Bottle Let Me Down (Down Every Road Version)
17. Streets Of Berlin
18. Turnin' Off A Memory
19. Okie From Muskogee
20. The Fightin' Side Of Me (Live)