There's a rise on the river since two days ago
Snakes and the fish have brought us out of house and home
I've got my pig and my chickens and my gun in my hand
I've got everything I own and I'm hunting higher things
Oh,
you mean old Mississippi,
why'd you get so big?
I think I'll send a bird out and try to get it twigged
Oh,
I'd rather be locked to a ball and chain
I ain't the one that's a-praying for rain
The raft that I'm riding owns the top of my home
Everything below done floated out and gone
The girl up the river that I wanted to wed
I see a glimpse of her on a log up ahead
But the closer I get,
the farther away she goes Where's she gonna stop?
Nobody knows Oh,
you mean old Mississippi,
why'd you get
so big?
I think I'll send a bird out and try to get it twigged
Oh,
I'd rather be locked to a ball and chain
I ain't the one that's a-praying for rain
Oh,
you mean old Mississippi,
why'd you get so big?
I think I'll send a bird out and try to get it twigged
Oh,
I'd rather be locked to a ball and chain
I ain't the one that's a-praying for rain