Mister And Mississippi

Mister and Mississippi - 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

Oh 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

My 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 bared may I love you

I love you bared may

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

I'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