[00:25.250]Way down upon that old Mississippi river
[00:31.010]Not so far away
[00:36.450]That's where my folks have lived for ever
[00:41.810]And that's where I'm going to stay
[00:47.120]I've been searching cross the whole creation
[00:53.800]Half my life or more (and more)
[00:58.740]But I found my own sweet satisfaction
[01:03.760]Right here on that muddy river shore
[01:09.090]all the World
[01:11.780]It is so sad and dreary
[01:14.680]every where I roam
[01:20.330]oh (oh mama) mama how I miss the prairie
[01:25.980]and my Minnesota home
[01:31.950]I can see my mama's sweet sweet face
[01:35.230]Every Sunday morning
[01:38.100]All the good old hymns
[01:39.840]praise god that we've sung
[01:42.400]we knelt in prayer
[01:44.030]right beside of our precious aunts and uncles
[01:47.680]Who loved us when we were young
[01:53.240]In the valley of darkness
[01:55.860]they are the shepherds
[01:58.820]Who lead me to pastures green
[02:04.360]And I'll sit with my mama by the still still waters
[02:09.780]And goodness and mercy follow me
[02:15.500]I floated down the Columbia and the Hudson
[02:21.070]Walked on the banks of the Ohio (Ohio Ohio)
[02:26.350]on the banks of a Wabash
[02:28.760]And the mighty Colorado
[02:32.080]And the old red river way up north
[02:37.060]all the world is a world of rivers
[02:43.230]flowing to the sea,ah...
[02:48.470]but here on that old Mississippi
[02:53.420]here is the home for you and me
[02:58.650]all the world
[03:01.420]it is so sad and dreary
[03:04.280]every where I roam
[03:08.810]oh mama how I missed the prairie
[03:19.980]and my Minnesota home