I'm groing tired of the big city lights 
Tired of the glamour, tired of the size 
I'm alway dreaming of roaming once more 
Back to my home on the old river shore 
Days are dark and dreary everwhere 
I roam How 
I long for 
Mississippi and you 
Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's door 
How I miss the 
Mississippi and you 
Roaming the wide world over 
Always alone and blue, so blue 
I am sad and weary, longing to go home 
Yes, I miss the 
Mississippi and you (break) 
Mockingbirds are singing 'round the cabindoor 
While I dream of 
Mississippi and you 
And my memories are bringing happy days of yore 
I have spent in 
Mississippi with you 
Roaming the wide world over 
Always alone and blue, so blue 
Longing for my homeland on that muddy watershore 
Yes, I miss the 
Mississippi and you 
The Mississippi and you