You know I'm going back home I gotta go I got a poor little wife and two kids Well I'm going to Mississippi Mississippi here I come Well I'm going to Mississippi Here I come Back up on mister Charlies Farm Well I'm going to Mississippi Where I was bred and born Well I'm going to Mississippi Where I was bred and born Well I'm going to Mississippi Where I came from Lord when I left there My poor raggedy kids running around the house I knew I wasn't wrong But that wife didn't understand me Well I'm going to Mississippi Buy me a house and home Well I'm going to Mississippi Buy a house and home Well I'm going to Mississippi That's where I came from Well I wiped out Mississippi Well I'm going to Mississippi I wiped out Mississippi Well I'm goin to Mississippi I got a lovely woman down there I'm going back home I walked 44 miles to Pittsburgh 22 Miles of stone 44 miles to Pittsburgh 22 miles of stone Pittsburgh sits on the high hell Jackson is below Pittsburgh sits on the high heel Jackson is below Well I'm going to Mississippi I won't be back no more