Way down upon that old Mississippi river Not so far away That’s where my folks have lived for ever And that’s where I’m going to stay
I’ve been searching cross the whole creation Half my life or more (and more) But I found my own sweet satisfaction Right here on that muddy river shore
all the World It is so sad and dreary every where I roll oh (oh mama) 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 of 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 (Ohio Ohio) on the banks of a Wabash And the mighty Colorado And the old red river way up north
all the world 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 it is so sad and dreary every where I roll oh mama how I missed the prairie and my Minnesota home