Charley Pride — Roll on Mississippi lyrics

Lyrics

Walking along, whistling a song
Bare foot and fancy free
Big riverboat, passing us by She’s headed for New Orleans
There she goes disappearing around a bend
Roll on Mississippi
You make me feel like a child again
Cool river breeze like peppermint leaves
The taste of it takes me back
Chewing on a straw torn overalls
I can’t hold an old straw hat
Muddy river just like a long lost friend
Roll on Mississippi
Make me feel like a child again
Roll on Mississippi big river roll
You’re the childhood dream I grew up on Roll on Mississippi carry me home
Now I can see I’ve been away too long
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on When the world’s spinning round too fast for me I need a place to dream
So I come to your banks
I sit in your shade and relive the memories
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Roll on Mississippi
You make me feel like a child again
Roll on Mississippi big river roll
You’re the childhood dream I grew up on Roll on Mississippi carry me home
Cause I can see I’ve been away too long
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on Mississippi roll on Roll on, Mississippi, roll on Mississippi, roll on