Mr. And Mississippi

Mister and Mississippi (先生和密西西比) - Tennessee Ernie Ford

I can't recall my mother

I don't remember dad

Mister and Mississippi

Was all I ever had

Oh I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home

I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home

My cradle was the river

My school a river boat

My teacher was a gambler

The slickest one afloat

His teacher was a gambler

The slickest one afloat

He taught me not to

Gamble on a petticoat

Oh I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home

Oh darlin' how I love you

I love you betterman

I love you like a barefoot boy

Loves the summer day

The way a wanderin' gypsy

Loves the changing sea

Just like the restless river

Loves old New Orleans

Oh I was born to wander

I was born to roam

Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home

I love a tiny village

A quiet country town

A house a little garden

With kiddies runnin' 'round

You'd be a faithful husband

I'd be a trusty friend

Until I heard that steamboat

Comin' 'round the bend

Oh I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home

Oh he was born to wander

He was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home