Mister & Mississippi - Tennessee Ernie Ford

I can’t recall my mother, I don’t remember dad

Mr. and Mississippi was all I ever had

Oh I was born to wonder, I was born to roam

And Mr. and Mississippi made me feel at home

Oh I was born to wonder, I was born to roam

And Mr. and Mississippi made me feel at home

(Made him feel at home)

My cradle was the river, my school a riverboat

My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat

(His teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat)

And he taught me not to gamble on a penny coat

Oh I was born to wonder, I was born to roam

And Mr. and Mississippi made me feel at home

(Made him feel at home)

Oh Betty May I love you, I love you Betty May

I love you like a barefoot boy loves a summer day

The way a wanderin' gypsy loves a changin' scene

Just like the restless river loves New Orleans

Oh I was born to wonder, I was born to roam

And Mr. and Mississippi made me feel at home

(Made him feel at home)

I’d love a tiny release, a quiet country town

A house, a little garden with kiddies runnin' 'round

I’d be a faithful husband, I’d a be trusting friend

Until I heard that steamboat comin' 'round the bend (Woo woo)

Oh I was born to wonder, I was born to roam

And Mr. and Mississippi made me feel at home

(Oh he was born to wonder, he was born to roam)

And Mr. and Mississippi made me feel at home

(Mr. and Mississippi made him feel at home)