( Bessie Smith )
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Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore
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Headed homebound just once more
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To my Mississippi delta home
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Southland got that grand garden spot
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Although you believe or not
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I hear those breeze a-whispering
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"Come on back to me"
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Muddy water 'round my feet
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Muddy water in the street
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No God don't shelter
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Down on the delta
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Muddy water in my shoes
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Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues
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They live in ease and comfort down there
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I do declare
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Been away a year today
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To wander and roam
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I don't care it's muddy there
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But this is my home
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Got my toes turned Dixie way
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'Round the delta let me lay
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My heart cries out for muddy water
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Been away a year today
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To wander and roam
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I don't care it's muddy there
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But this is my home
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Got my toes turned Dixie way
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'Round the delta let me lay
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My heart cries out for muddy water
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Muddy Water
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| Madeleine Peyroux |
