sitting by the Mississippi in New Orleans, playing my guitar. The last verse names some of the river's steamboats.
Lyrics
Mighty Mississippi mama singing up a storm
In a cozy little corner when the day is getting warm
Ragged little river children dancing on the dike
Laughing on the levee with the people that I like
Muddy Mississippi where I sit and play the blues
People love to gamble and forget about the news
The romance of the river on a sticky night in June
With a lazy banjo playing 'neath the pale summer moon
There's 97 people on the Mississippi Queen
Floating down the river on the way to Muscatine
And the Mississippi Belle she's the President's delight
Come down to New Orleans on a Mississippi night
