A 1922 popular song.
Words and music by James F. Hanley and Mary Earl.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I was born along the Mississippi
And no matter where I chance to roam
Mem’ry takes me back once more
To that Mississippi shore
And the place I call my Home Sweet Home
Chorus
Mississippi, rippling on your way
Mississippi, I miss you more each day
In my dreaming stars are gleaming
On you beaming
Mississippi ripples, ripple on forever
Mississippi ripples, ripple on
- When it’s moonlight on the Mississippi
Childhood dreams come drifting back to me
And it seems I’m kneeling there
Just to say my ev’ning pray’r
As in days gone by at mother’s knee
Sung here by Fred Feild: