Mississippi

from It Used To Be A City by Anthony Oscar

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This river is a wild woman
Independent from all the rest
She's used to a hard living
& she puts everybody to the test

She comes from Minnesota
The cold heartland of the North
Makes her way through about a dozen states
To find the Gulf shore

Mississippi

They call her Mississippi
The Great River of the land
Try to tell her what to do
She just follows her own command

Powerful, Perseveres
Full of wonder, Full of fear

Mississippi

Her temper is a thing of beauty
She fills with rage in the Spring each year
She doesn’t like the dams or levees
One day, I know, she’s gonna breach right here

She gives a mighty bounty
Wants love in return
Look at all this exploitation
Will we ever learn?

Mississippi

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from It Used To Be A City, released October 28, 2015

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Anthony Oscar New Orleans, Louisiana

folk songs
joke songs
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blues songs

new orleans, la

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