[Intro]
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[Verse]
             
I ain't never 

             
seen the snowf

            
all on the Del

   
ta
             
Like the one t

              
hat's gonna co

             
ver all of New

          
 York to- nigh

t
             
But it sure do

              
 remind me of 

             
those miles an

            
d miles of cot

    
ton
              
Long ago but n

             
ot forgotten, 

              
yeah, that's a

             
 southern man'

           
s field of whi

te

[Bridge]
             
Yeah, I turned

              
 my back and w

              
alked away, la

     
tely I ain't s

een a sunny da

y
            
Been thinkin' 

             
'bout rollin' 

        
on back home, 

back where I b

elong

[Chorus]
             
So won't you p

              
ut me on that 

              
riverboat Quee

             
n, let the sid

         
e wheels spin
              
'Cause I ain't

              
 seen that mud

              
dy water town 

     
in I can't rem

ember when
            
All these year

              
s they played 

             
a trick on me,

             
 no, I ain't t

         
he man I used 

to be
             
To- night I fe

             
el like Missis

     
sip- pi

[Instrumental] 
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People round h

             
ere, Lord they

            
 move in such 

       
a pace
             
I'm just an- o

             
ther face, los

         
t in the crowd
             
There's a swee

              
t sound bein' 

         
sung down in D

    
ixie
              
Now and again 

             
it gets me whe

          
n I get to fee

          
lin' down

[Bridge]
             
Yeah, I turned

              
 my back and w

              
alked away, la

     
tely I ain't s

een a sunny da

y
            
Been thinkin' 

             
'bout rollin' 

             
on back home, 

              
back where I b

   
e- long

[Chorus]
             
So won't you p

              
ut me on that 

              
riverboat Quee

             
n, let the sid

         
e wheels spin
              
'Cause I ain't

              
 seen that mud

              
dy water town 

     
in I can't rem

ember when
            
All these year

              
s they played 

             
a trick on me,

             
 no, I ain't t

         
he man I used 

to be
             
To- night I fe

             
el like Missis

     
sip- pi

[Instrumental]  
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[Tag]
            
All these year

              
s they played 

             
a trick on me,

             
 no, I ain't t

         
he man I used 

to be
             
To- night I fe

             
el like Missis

      
sip- pi
             
To- night I fe

             
el like Missis

                
sippi