MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BLUES, THE
(Gene Autry / Jimmy Long)

Gene Autry & Jimmy Long - 1931

Also recorded by: Jenks "Tex" Carman



The Mississippi Valley blues

Mississippi Valley, I'm longing for you
My poor heart is breaking, I'm sad and I'm blue
Just to see your waters gleaming
Of you each night I'm dreaming
I've got the Mississippi Valley blues

Many years have gone by since I wandered
From my loved ones and all that was dear to me
From my home in the Mississippi Valley
That dear old place I long to be

Mississippi Valley, I'm longing for you
My poor heart is breaking, I'm sad and I'm blue
Just to see your waters gleaming
Of you each night I'm dreaming
I've got the Mississippi Valley blues

I can see my childhood chums as they wander
Up and down the shady lanes where I used to roam
I can see a dear old grey-haired mother
Knelt in prayer beside the old hearth stone

Mississippi Valley, I'm longing for you
My poor heart is breaking, I'm sad and I'm blue
Just to see your waters gleaming
Of you each night I'm dreaming
I've got the Mississippi Valley blues

I'll go back to the Mississippi Valley
There I'll settle down and spend my reclining days
With my mother who's waiting and longing
For her wayward boy that's gone astray

Mississippi Valley, I'm longing for you
My poor heart is breaking, I'm sad and I'm blue
Just to see your waters gleaming
Of you each night I'm dreaming
I've got the Mississippi Valley blues



(Contributed by Lou Rugani - The Music of the Stars (WLIP) - June 2012)