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Hey Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
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We get together every time we can

The Mississippi River can keep us apart
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There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
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Too much love in this Louisiana heart

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See the alligators all a waitin' nearby
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Soon or later they know I'm gonna try
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When she waves from the bank don't you know I know
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It's goodbye fishin' line see you while ago

With a Louisiana woman waitin'

On the other side

The Mississippi River
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Don't look so wide

Well I thought I'd been loved but I never had
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Till I was wrapped In the arms of a Mississippi man

When he holds me close it feels almost
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Like another hurricane just ripped the coast

If he can't come to me I'm gonna go to him
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That Mississippi River Lord I'm gonna swim

  (Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man...)

Well Mississippi River Lord it's one mile wide
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And I gotta get me to the other side

Mississippi man I'm losin' my mind
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Gotta have your loving one more time

I'm gonna jump in the river and here go
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Too bad alligatior you swim too slow