walking along whistling a song barefoot and fancy free a big riverboat passing us by she s headed for new orleans there she goes disappearing around the bend roll on mississippi you make me feel like a child again a cool river breeze like peppermint leaves the taste of it takes me back chewin on a straw torn overalls a cane pole and old straw hat and muddy river just like a long lost friend roll on mississippi you make me feel like a child again roll on mississippi big river roll you re the childhood dream that i grew up on roll on mississippi carry me home now i can see i ve been away too long roll on mississippi roll on now when the world s spinning round too fast for me and i need a place to dream so i come to your banks i sit in your shade relive the memories tom sawyer and huckleberry finn roll on mississippi you make me feel like a child again roll on mississippi big river roll you re the childhood dream that i grew up on roll on mississippi carry me home now i can see i ve been away too long roll on mississippi roll on mississippi roll on mississippi roll on roll on mississippi roll on roll on mississippi roll on