MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU (Bill Halley)

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Original recording: Jimmie Rodgers, vocal and yodeling, with unknown clarinet, two violins, piano, and guitar; RCA Victor Studio No. 1, East 24th Street, New York, NY, Aug 29, 1932 (73326-1; issued as Vi 23736)

I'm growing tired of the big city's lights,
Tired of the glamor, and tired of the sights.
In all my dreams I am roaming once more
Back to my home on the old river shore.

I am sad an' weary, far away from home;
Miss the Mississippi an' you.
Yeah -- days are dark and dreary
Ev'rywhere I roam;
Miss the Mississippi an' you.

Rolling the wide world over,
Always alone and blue -- blue.
Nothing seems to cheer me
Under heaven's dome;
Miss the Mississippi an' you.

[YODEL]

Memories are bringing
Happy days of yore;
Miss the Mississippi an' you.
Mockingbirds are singing
'Round the cabin door; Miss the Mississippi an' you.

Rolling the wide world over,
Always alone and blue -- so blue.
Longing for my homeland,
Muddy water shore;
Miss the Mississippi an' you.

[YODEL]
Mississippi -- and -- you...

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