Mississippi Delta

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Jun. 19671 viewer

Mississippi Delta Lyrics

[Chorus]
M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I
M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I
Right in the middle of the Cotton Belt
Down in the Mississippi Delta
Wearin' last year's possum belt
Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta

[Verse 1]
Have me a little that Johnny cake
And a bit o' that apple pandowdy
Pickin' them scuppernongs off that vine
Chigger bite, it's goin' to beat howdy

[Verse 2]
Ate me a bucket of muscadine
Sit on the riverbank after dark
And drop my line down a crawdad hole
Do him in with a scaly bark

[Refrain]
One-ree-o-ree-ee-ree-ann
Fidderliss-farce-nickory-john-queery-quan

[Chorus]
M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I
M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I
Right in the middle of the Cotton Belt
Down in the Mississippi Delta
Wearin' last year's possum belt
Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta

[Verse 3]
Sittin' 'n' scratchin' mosquito bites
Old fox, I done give him the slip
Watchin' the mornin' glories grow
In Biloxi on an overnight trip

[Verse 4]
I bet five dollars to win two bits
Eat a peppermint stick on Sunday
Ain't no use in a-hurryin' up
Can't leave 'til a week from Monday

[Refrain]
One-ree-o-ree-ee-ree-ann
Fidderliss-farce-nickory-john-queery-quan

[Outro]
In the Mississippi Delta
Mis-sis-sis-sis-sis-sip-pi Delta
Yeah
In the Mississippi Delta

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An homage song to the culture of Mississippi in general and the Mississippi Delta region in particular. Bobbie Gentry lived in Mississippi as a child.

The Mississippi Delta is a region of northwest Mississippi sometimes described as “The Most Southern Place on Earth” (“Southern” here referring to the culture of the US South). Notably, this is not the delta of the Mississippi River, which is in southern Louisiana.