Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name
Way down south
The Mississippi (Mississippi) calls my name
Take me back to the place where I
First saw the light of the sweet sunny south
Take me home
Take me back to the place where I
First saw the light of the sweet sunny south
Take me home
Sweet, Georgia Rain, Louisiana, you're home to me
Sweet, Georgia Rain, Louisiana, you're home to me
(You're home to me)
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name
Way down south
The Mississippi (Mississippi) calls my name
I'll be crossing Appalachia waiting for the bridge to take me
Across Lake Pontchartrain
I'll be crossing Appalachia waiting for the bridge to take me
Across Lake Pontchartrain
I'll be crossing Appalachia waiting for the bridge to take me
Across Lake Pontchartrain
I'll be crossing Appalachia waiting for the bridge to take me
Across Lake Pontchartrain
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name (You're home to me)
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name (You're home to me)
Way down south
The Mississippi calls my name (You're home to me)
Way down south
Mississippi (Mississippi) calls my name
Mississippi calls my name (You're home to me)
Way down south
You're home to me