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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 (4x)

Where the blues was born