Mississippi

Starting out of Memphis, highway 61 Traces of the places where the blues began Sun is blazing, horizon far Echoes of a national steel guitar Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born Yazoo river rolling through the land Cradle of the blues, that delta land Cottonfields, catfish farms Steady-rocking rhythm since the dawn of time Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born Wade Walton's barbershop, backroom booze Shave and a haircut, lots of rhythm 'n blues Greenville juke joint , Saturday night Get down 'n boogie till the morning-light Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born Broken down Chevy on a muddy track Ten people sharing a two-room shack Folks so poor, nothing to loose Get religion or that lowdown blues Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born Charly Patton, Fred McDowell, Willie Brown Son House, Son Thomas, that delta sound Black man's heart, black man's soul Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born Big Joe Williams, Bukka White, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed Sam Chatmon, Ishman Bracy, Tommy Johnson, Skip James John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Mississippi John Hurt Memphis Minnie, Peetie Wheatstraw, Sonny Boy Williamson Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born