In the Mississippi River Songtext
von Mavis Staples

In the Mississippi Rivers
(Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!)
In the Mississippi Rivers
(Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!)
In the Mississippi Rivers

Well, now you can count them one by one
It could be your son
And you can count them two by two
It could be me or you

And you can count them three by three
Now don′t you wanna see?
And you can count them four by four
Oh, well, uh, into the river they go
Oh, well, uh, into the river they go

And you can count them five by five
Nah, they don't come out alive
Now you can count them six by six
Huh, in Mississippi, they got it fixed


Then you can count them seven by seven
Mississippi, it ain′t no heaven
And you can count them eight by eight
And they were thrown in because of hate

Then you can count them nine by nine
In Mississippi, this ain't no crime
You can count them ten by ten
And you will wonder when the right will win
And you will wonder when the right will win

In the Mississippi River
(Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!)
In the Mississippi River
(Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!)
In the Mississippi River

Well, we got to stop them from goin' in the river
Got to stop them from goin′ in the river
Got to stop them from goin′ in the river
Got to stop them from goin' in the river
Got to stop them

Hmm, hmm, hmm


In the Mississippi Rivers
(Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!)
In the Mississippi River
(Lord! Lord! Lord! lord!)
In the Mississippi River

Well, we got to stop them from goin′ to the river
Got to stop them from goin' to the river
Stop them