Down In Mississippi Lyrics - Top 75 Classics - Jimmy Reed

Down in Mississippi where cotton grow tall, 

get arrested for trouble you got to call the hound dog 

Oh uh, down in Mississippi, whoa yeah, where the cotton grow tall 

Yes, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls1 

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Go to work in the morning, you know, 'bout 4 o'clock 

Uh, if the mule don't holler, yeah, I don't know when to stop 

Down in Mississippi, baby, uh whoa yeah, where the cotton grow tall 

Well, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls 

I go to church in the morning, baby, you know, down the railroad track 

Late over in the evening they bring, bring the preacher back 

He eat up all the chicken now but uh right to the neck 

Look over at my baby and he eat up all the rest 'cause he was uh down in Mississippi 

Uh oh yeah, where the cotton grow tall 

Well now, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls