You should have been on the road in 1901, Chopping cotton in the white man's sun.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye my friend.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye.
You should have been on the county in 1902, When they did anything that they wanted to
do.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye my friend.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye.
You should have been on the plantation in 1903, And seen the things that they'd done
to me.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye my friend.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye.
You should have been in the delta in 1904, When your blood would freeze from a knocking
door.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye my friend.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye.
You should have been on the river in 1905, When we all went north just to stay alive.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye my friend.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye.
So long ago, so long ago, So long Mississippi, good-bye my friend.