I ride down the road to mississippi Yes, I ride rollin’ over, to mississippi – again Well, the only girl I loved Has taken me away She said that she wouldn’t do But she did it anyway And I begged her so politely Yes, I begged her on my knees But she didn’t give a damn She is now running free So I ride down the road to mississippi Yes, I ride rollin’ over, to mississippi – again When I came back home that night Drunk and doggone blue I read the note she’d left And I thought I was through Then I did realize After six or seven weeks That in such a big world There’s a girl just for me So I ride down the road to mississippi Yes, I ride rollin’ over, to mississippi – again I ride down the road to mississippi Yes, I ride rollin’ over, to mississippi – again