One Mississippi Janis Ian

Deep in the heart of Dixie
Where cotton's still the king
If you slide on down to the delta
You can hear those banjos ring

Might be the muddy water
Comes in the spring with the rain
Or a poor boy down on parchment farm
At the end of a ball and chain

Singing one Mississippi is a long time
Gone in the blink of an eye
Two Mississippi is a lifetime
The years just drift on by
M i s s i s s i p p i

If you stand on the banks of the river
As the evening sun goes down
When the cattails shake and shiver
You can hear that lonesome sound

Might be the moon on the water
Or the old gray ghost in the trees
Or the scent of the sweet magnolia
Rising on the breeze