Mister and Mississippi - Ronnie Hawkins

I can’t recall my mother

I don’t remember dad

Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had

Oh!

I was born to wander

Oh!

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home.

Oh!

I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home.

My cradle was the river

My school a river boat

My teacher was a gambler

The slickest one a float

My teacher was a gambler

The slickest one a float

He taught me not to gamble

On a petti coat.

Oh!

I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home.

Oh!

Darling, how I love you

What more is there to say

I love you like a barefoot boy

Loves a summer day

The way a wand’ring gypsy

Loves the changing scenes

Just like the restless river

Loves old New Orleans.

Oh!

I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home.

I’d love a tiny village

A quiet country town

A house, a little garden

With kiddies running 'round

You’d be a faithful husband

I’d be a trusting friend

Until I heard that steamboat

Comin' 'round the bend.

Oh!

I was born to wander

I was born to roam

And Mister and Mississippi

Made me feel at home.