(I miss my Mississippi home)
a 1917 popular song
words and music by Chris Smith and Henry Troy
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I wonder what’s the matter now with me
I’m feelin’ just as blue as I can be
I guess the reason why I feel so dippy
I’m so far away from Mississippi
Goodness knows there ain’t no place like home
I miss it in a thousand different ways
I’ve got the farm yard blues, I long for barn yard news
For it seems I’ve been away a million days
Chorus
I miss the chickens, the turkeys, I miss the guinea hen
I miss the cows and the sows in the old pig pen
I miss the goose, the gander, and the cock-a-dood-le-doo
And the mocking birds are singing in the wildwood, too
I miss my mother, my brother, and my little sister Nell
And the old oaken bucket that hangs in the well
I miss the flowers, the bees, and the honey in the comb
I sure do miss my Mississippi home
- I’ve been most every place there is to go
I know most everything there is to know
I’ve stayed a while in every well known city
But I could live and die in Mississippi
Everybody tells you, “How de do?”
I’m fond of southern hospitality
No matter where you am, just so is Dixieland
You simply have to say the same as me
Sung here by Fred Feild: