a 1917 popular song
words and music by Spencer Williams
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh Mississippi, Oh Mississippi
My heart cries out for you in sadness
I want to be where the wintry winds don’t blow
Down where the southern moon swings low
That’s where I want to go
Chorus
I’m goin’ to Tishomingo, because I’m sad today
I wish to linger, way down old Dixie way
Oh my weary heart cries out in pain
Oh how I wish that I was back again
With a race, in a place
Where they make you welcome all the time
Way down in Mississippi, among the cypress trees
They get you dippy, with their strange melodies
To resist temptation, I just can’t refuse
In Tishomingo, I wish to linger
Where they play the weary blues
- Tonight I’m prayin’, tonight I’m sayin’
Oh Lord please bless the train that takes me
To Tishomingo, way down old Dixie way
Where southern folks are always gay
That why you hear me say
Sung here by Fred Feild: