Sam Lay & Mississippi John

I'm gonna tell Fare thee well about the great Mississippi John
I'm gonna tell fare thee well about the great Mississippi John
But now he's dead and he's gone on beyond

He was known very well all over the seas and state
He was known very well all over the seas and state
From the Mississippi Delta to the home of the Golden Gate

I weeped and I moaned, I sat down and I held my head
I weeped and I moaned, I sat down and I held my head
When I first got the news that old Mississippi John was dead
Pick it Mike

I looked all around and the people had began to cry
I looked all around me and the people had began to cry
They all came down just to wave their last goodbye

I said none got over and I feel so sad and blue
He said I done got over and I feel so sad and blue
I said Mississippi John tell me what's wrong with you

He said I got the blues and I can't be satisfied
He said I got the blues and I can't be satisfied
'Bout to lose these blues, I'm gonna catch me a train and ride
Pick it Mike

I drank my whiskey trying to drive my blues away
I got my whiskey trying to drive my blues away
But the blues will go away and they'll come back another day

I bought my baby a great big diamond ring
I bought my baby a great big diamond ring now
She went back home and then she caught the next freight train now

So I got my pistol and I broke the barrel down
I got my pistol and I broke the barrel down
I'm gonna put my woman'bout six foot under the ground
Pick it Mike!

I cut that woman so deep and so long and so wild
I cut that woman so deep so long and so wild
I still got the blues and I still ain't satisfied

I bid farewell to old Mississippi John you know
I bid farewell to Mississippi John you know
Now he's dead and gone and he won't be back no more