CHORUS Momma said don't go near that river Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John But come the morning I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg Traded for a chestnut mare But he never spoke in anger Though his load was hard to bear
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Let me dream of another morning Of a time so long ago Where the sweet magnolias blossom And cotton fields were white as snow