"Mississippi Song" lyrics - DOROTHY MOORE

She was once a great lady standing tall
With her head held high
Then a war came along and broke her heart
And left her there to die
With her gown in tattered shreds
She raised her weary head and vowed
She'd rise again
Looking back to yesterday
She's come a long long way since then

Mississippi this is your song
Song for all the righteous people
Who won't let you forget when you were wrong
In the past they written songs
For everything that's red-white-and blue
It's been a long time coming
So Mississippi, this one's for you

I was born into her family
And raised on the labours of her fields
Beneath the summer sun's warm hays
She let me run across her meadows
And her hills
But she's still the last in line
When they pass our point and rise
Above the land of the free
Lord she's still misunderstood
But she's been mighty good to me

Mississippi this is your song
Song for all the righteous people
Who won't let you forget when you were wrong
In the past they written songs
For everything that's red-white-and blue
It's been a long time coming
So Mississippi, this one's for you

Mississippi this is your song
Mississippi this is your song
Mississippi