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

(Repeat chorus)

Let me dream of another morning
Of a time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
And cotton fields were white as snow

Repeat Chorus