Way down upon that old Mississippi river
Not so far away
That’s where my folks have lived for ever
And that’s where I’m going to stay

I’ve been searching cross the whole creation
Half my life or more (and more)
But I found my own sweet satisfaction
Right here on that muddy river shore

all the World
It is so sad and dreary 
every where I roll
oh (oh mama) mama how I miss the prairie 
and my Minnesota home

I can see my mama’s sweet sweet face
Every Sunday morning
All the good old hymns
praise god that we’ve sung
we knelt in prayer
right beside of our precious aunts and uncles
Who loved us when we were young

In the valley of darkness 
they are the shepherds
Who lead me to pastures green
And I’ll sit with my mama by the still still waters
And goodness and mercy follow me

I floated down the Columbia and the Hudson 
Walked on the banks of the Ohio (Ohio Ohio)
on the banks of a Wabash
And the mighty Colorado
And the old red river way up north

all the world is a world of rivers 
flowing to the sea
but here on that old Mississippi
here is the home for you and me

all the world
it is so sad and dreary 
every where I roll
oh mama how I missed the prairie 
and my Minnesota home