In the Mississippi Rivers (Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!) In the Mississippi Rivers (Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!) In the Mississippi Rivers Well, now you can count them one by one It could be your son And you can count them two by two It could be me or you And you can count them three by three Now don't you wanna see? And you can count them four by four Oh, well, uh, into the river they go Oh, well, uh, into the river they go And you can count them five by five Nah, they don't come out alive Now you can count them six by six Huh, in Mississippi, they got it fixed Then you can count them seven by seven Mississippi, it ain't no heaven And you can count them eight by eight And they were thrown in because of hate Then you can count them nine by nine In Mississippi, this ain't no crime You can count them ten by ten And you will wonder when the right will win And you will wonder when the right will win In the Mississippi River (Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!) In the Mississippi River (Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!) In the Mississippi River Well, we got to stop them from goin' in the river Got to stop them from goin' in the river Got to stop them from goin' in the river Got to stop them from goin' in the river Got to stop them Hmm, hmm, hmm ♪ In the Mississippi Rivers (Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!) In the Mississippi River (Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!) In the Mississippi River Well, we got to stop them from goin' to the river Got to stop them from goin' to the river Stop them