Mississippi Delta Lyrics - Bobbie Gentry

M I double S I double S I double P I 

M I double S I double S I double P I 

Right in the middle of the cotton belt 

Down in the Mississippi Delta 

Wearin' last years possum belt 

Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta 

Have me a little that Johnny cake 

A little bit of that apple pan dowdy 

Pickin them scuppernon's off that vine 

Chigger bite, it's goin' to beat howdy 

Ate me a bucket of Muscadine 

Sit on the riverbank after dark 

Drop my line down a crawdad hole 

Do him in with a scaly bark 

One-ree-o-ree-ee-reeanni 

Fidderliss-farce-nickory-john-queery-quan 

M I double S I double S I double P I 

M I double S I double S I double P I 

Right in the middle of the cotton belt 

Down in the Mississippi Delta 

Wearin last years possum belt 

Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta 

Sittin and scratchin' mosquito bites 

Old fox done give him the slip 

Watchin' the mornin' glories grow 

In Biloxi on an overnight trip 

I bet five dollars to win two bits 

Eat a peppermint stick on Sunday 

Ain't no use in'a hurrying up 

Can't leave till a week from Monday 

One-ree-o-ree-ee-reeanni 

Fidderliss-farce-nickory-john-queery-quan 

In the Mississippi Delta 

Miss-iss-siss-ippi Delta