(And now for Bebop-a-reebop, please welcome one of radio's great singing families, the Johnson Girls, Rhonda and Yolanda)
Way down upon that old Mississippi River not so far away That's where my folks have lived forever And that's where I'm going to stay. I've been searching across the whole creation half my life or more But I found my own sweet satisfaction right here on that muddy river shore. All the world it is so sad and dreary everywhere I roam. Oh mama, how I miss the prairie and my Minnesota home!
I can see my mama's sweet sweet face, every Sunday morning, all the good old hymns, praise God, that we've sung, we knelt in prayer right beside our precious aunts and uncles, who loved us when we were young
In the valley of darkness they are the shepherds Who lead me to pastures green And I'll sit with my mama by the still still waters And goodness and mercy follow me
I floated down the Columbia and the Hudson Walked on the banks of the Ohio On the banks of the Wabash and the mighty Colorado And the old Red River way up north All the world, it is a world of rivers flowing to the sea But here on that old Mississippi Here is the home for you and me All the world is so sad and dreary everywhere I roam. Oh mama, how I miss the prairie and my Minnesota home.