Sleepy Water Blues - Lonnie Johnson
Roll on sleepy waters you rowing from night until morn
Roll on sleepy waters Mississippi carry me home
'Cause I'm headed for dear ol' Southland where I belong
Jus' look at them rows of cotton an' that good old sugarcane
Jus' look at them rows of cotton that good ol' sugarcane
My feet is getting happy I'll soon be back home again
Ah roll on sleep waters while the clouds are dark an' blue
Roll on sleep waters while the moon is bright an' new
I can hear my dear ol' mammy callin' my troubles will soon be through
Now the whippoorwills is callin' for that Mississippi River stream
Now the whippoorwills is callin' for that Mississippi River stream
I'll soon be back in dear ol' Southland the place I often see in my dream
There stands Mammy Jennie an' my mother by the cabin door
There stands Mammy Jennie my mother by the cabin door
Willing to take me into her arms mammy I'll never leave home no more