Mississippi Cotton Pickin' Delta Town Lyrics - Charley Pride

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town 

One dusty street to walk up and down 

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. 

Down in the Delta where I was born 

All we raised was cotton, potatoes and corn 

I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt 

Draggin' the sack through that Delta dirt. 

And I've worked hard the whole week long 

Pickin' my fingers to the blood and bone 

There ain't a lot of money in a cotton bale 

At least when you try to sell. 

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town 

One dusty street to walk up and down 

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. 

On Saturday nights we'd get dressed up 

Catch us a ride on a pickup truck 

On a gravel road it neatly string to lust 

That cotton pickin' Delta dust. 

We'd sit across the street on the depot porch 

Lookin' at the folks lookin' back at us 

Munchin' on a dust covered ice cream cone 

And wondering how we'd get back home. 

From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town 

One dusty street to walk up and down 

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. 

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From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town 

One dusty street to walk up and down 

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town...