(ROLL ON) MISSISSIPPI
(Bob Feldman / Jerry Goldstein / Richard Gottehrer)


The Strangeloves - 1965






(Piano Intro) Aah, play that thing, Sam!


Well, I'm goin' down the river, headin' for New Orleans
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
Well, I'm goin' down the river, headin' for New Orleans
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
Roll on mighty river, I gotta see my Cajun Queen
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)


You know the boat was rockin', food, wine, women and song
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
I said the joint was jumpin' and a-partyin' all night long
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
Well, I won't take another woman till I find my way back home
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)


So, roll on (Mississppi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Oh yeah (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
I gotta make it back home, I'm tired o' livin' alone


Yeah!


(Instrumental Break - Piano Solo)


Yeah! Woh!


Well, there's a gamblin' man, cleanin' ev'ryone in the place
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
There's a gamblin' man, cleanin' ev'ryone in the place
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
I sure feel lucky, gonna meet him face-to-face
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)


You know, there I was, starin' at a house full of Kings
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
There I was, starin' at a house full of Kings
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)
Well I got four Aces and those Kings don't mean a thing
(Mississippi, ooh, Mississippi)


Oow, roll on (Mississppi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
I gotta make it back home, I'm tired o' livin' alone


Hey, roll on (Mississppi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll on (Mississippi)
Roll, roll, roll, roll roll.........FADE




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2008)