M-l-S-S-l-S-S-l-P-P-l - Red Foley

By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I

Crooked letter, crooked letter I

Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi

Flowin' down to New Orleans (New Orleans)

It flows right by my Tennessee home

Where history was made by Steamboat Bill

(Floatin' down the river)

Give me M-P, H-I-S

Memphis is the town I mean

Way down yonder in the land of cotton

Folks like mine are never gotten

What a wonderful thrill, just to be

Down in Memphis, Tennessee

By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I

Crooked letter, crooked letter I

Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi

Flowin' down to New Orleans

By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I

Crooked letter, crooked letter I

Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi

Flowin' down to New Orleans

Well, it flows right by my Tennessee home

Where history was made by Steamboat Bill (Steamboat Bill)

Give me M-P, H-I-S

Memphis is the town I mean

Way down yonder in the land of cotton

Folks like mine are never gotten

What a wonderful thrill, just to be

Down in Memphis, Tennessee

By the M, I crooked letter, crooked letter I

Crooked letter, crooked letter I

Cut back, cut back, I Mississippi

Flowin' down to New Orleans (Down the river)

Flowin' down to New Orleans