Bobby: 

      Hey, John, you evah been to Mississippi? 



      Johnny: 

      No, man, but I sure would like to visit down there. 



      Bobby: 

      You would? 

      Well, I'll tell you what then, let us hop on a plane and went. 



      Johnny: 

      O-kay, I hear it's very nice. 



      Bobby: 

      It is, it is. 



      Johnny: 

      When the sun goes down 

      The tide goes out 

      The people gather ‘round 

      And they all begin to shout. 



      Bobby: 

      What? 



      Johnny: 

      Hey, hey, Uncle Dud 

      It's a treat to beat your feet 

      On the Mississippi Mud. 

      It's a treat to beat your feet 

      On the Mississippi Mud. 



      Bobby: 

      And what a dance do they do 

      Lordy, ... how I'm tellin' you 

      Why, they don't need no band 

      They keep time by clappin their hand. 



      Both: 

      Just as happy as a cow 

      Chewin' on a cud 

      When the people beat their feet 

      On the Mississippi Mud. 



      Bobby: 

      Lordy,  how they play it 

      Goodness,  how they sway it 

      There's Uncle George and cousin Jack 

      Look at those fools peckin' on their back. 



      Johnny: 

      What joy! 

      That music thrills me. 

  



      Bobby: 

      It do. 



      Johnny: 

      Boy, ... it nearly kills me 

      Sister Kate hollers, "Son!" 

      You sure get muddy 

      But, it's mighty good fun 



      Both: 

      When the sun goes down 

      The tide goes out 

      The people gather round 

      And they all begin to shout. 

      Hey, Hey, Uncle Dud 

      It's a treat to beat your feet 

      On the Mississippi Mud 

      It's a treat to beat your feet 

      On the Mississippi Mud. 



      Bobby: 

      What a dance do they do  



      Both: 

      Lordy, ... how I'm tellin' you  



      Johnny: 

      They don't need no band  



      Bobby: 

      They don't? 



      Johnny: 

      They keep time by clappin' their hand  



      Bobby: 

      I see. 



      Johnny: 

      Just as happy as a cow 

      Chewing on a cud 

      When the people beat their feet ... 



      Bobby: 

      Yeah!  Yeah! 



      Johnny: 

      And the people clap their hand 

      On the M I double S I double S I double P I Mud. 



      Bobby: 

      An "A" for spelling.