Merle Haggard - 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 Mammy shout, "come in here
You all" way down on the levee
Strolling in the pale moonlight
You can see those steamboats and
Fields of snowy white
There's a feeling I can't lose
Muddy water in my shoes
When I get those Mississippi Delta blues

Yo-de lay-ee yo-de lay-ee

I long to hear them singing songs
Them old melodies
"Swanee River" and "Old Black Joe"
That sweet magnolia perfume floating
On the breeze
Way down South is where I long to go

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 Mammy shout, "come in here
You all" way down on the levee
Strolling in the pale moonlight
You can see those steamboats and
Fields of snowy white
There's a feeling I can't lose
Muddy water in my shoes
When I get those Mississippi Delta blues

Yo-de lay-ee yo-de lay-ee