Recorded by: Hank Snow on RCA Camden 
              Written by: Jimmie Rodgers 
              Submitted by:  Bill Winfield  (billw@nexicom.net) 
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES 
 
C                              F                  C
Oh you Mississippi River, with waters so deep and wide 
   G7                                                C     C7
My thoughts of you keep risin', just like an evening tide   
    F                                   C
I'm just like a seagull that's left the sea 
        G7                           C   C7
Oh your muddy waters keep on callin' me   
 
CHORUS; 
          F
I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way 
              C
You'll see me hanging 'round again some day 
              G7
'Cause I know that's the only way to lose 
                      C
The Mississippi River blues 
                                 C7
I've often ridden on your bosom   
     F                     C
From Memphis down to New Orleans 
         G7                                           C       C7
Floating over muddy waters, drifting through familiar scenes  
           F                                 C
And when I hear that whistle of an old steam boat 
          G7                                     C       C7
Down that Mississippi River again I'm a-going to float   
 
Repeat Chorus. 
                                 C                    G7    C
(for last line, substitute: That mean old Mississippi River Blues 
 
I don't know if this is the same song that "Helen" was looking for.  But it 
sure is the Hank Snow version.   I've been singing it for 20 years or more.