M I double S I double S I double P I   M I double S I double S I double P I      Right in the middle of the cotton belt   Down in the Mississippi Delta   Wearin' last years possum belt   Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta      Have me a little that Johnny cake   A little bit of that apple pan dowdy   Pickin them scuppernon's off that vine   Chigger bite, it's goin' to beat howdy      Ate me a bucket of Muscadine   Sit on the riverbank after dark   Drop my line down a crawdad hole   Do him in with a scaly bark      One-ree-o-ree-ee-reeanni   Fidderliss-farce-nickory-john-queery-quan      M I double S I double S I double P I   M I double S I double S I double P I      Right in the middle of the cotton belt   Down in the Mississippi Delta   Wearin last years possum belt   Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta      Sittin and scratchin' mosquito bites   Old fox done give him the slip   Watchin' the mornin' glories grow   In Biloxi on an overnight trip      I bet five dollars to win two bits   Eat a peppermint stick on Sunday   Ain't no use in'a hurrying up   Can't leave till a week from Monday      One-ree-o-ree-ee-reeanni   Fidderliss-farce-nickory-john-queery-quan      In the Mississippi Delta   Miss-iss-siss-ippi Delta