Mississippi Delta Blues Lyrics - Merle Haggard

With friends around and even pals that I know are true 

Still I'm lonely homesick and blue 

There's no one who can cheer me when I'm alone 

Longing for my Mississippi home 

Way down on the delta on that Mississippi shore 

In that muddy water, I long to be once more 

When that shadows creep about and the whippoorwill call 

You can hear old mommy shout, "Come in here, you all" 

Way down on the levee, strolling in the pale moon light 

You can see those steamboats and fields of snowy white 

That's a feeling, I can't lose muddy water in my shoes 

When I get those Mississippi Delta blues 

(Yodel) 

I long to hear them singing songs, them old melodies 

Swanee River and Ol' Black Joe 

That sweet magnolia perfume floating on the breeze 

Way down south is where I long to go 

Hey, way down on the delta