Charley Pride – Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town (Guitar)

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

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One dusty street to walk up and down

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Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

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Down in the Delta where I was born

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All we raised was cotton, potatoes and corn

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I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt

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Draggin' the sack through that Delta dirt

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And I've worked hard the whole week long

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Pickin' my fingers to the blood and bone

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There ain't a lot of money in a cotton bale

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At least when you try to sell

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

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One dusty street to walk up and down

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Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

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On Saturday nights we'd get dressed up

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Catch us a ride on a pickup truck

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On a gravel road, it nearly strangled us

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That cotton pickin' Delta dust

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We'd sit across the street on the depot porch

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Lookin' at the folks lookin' back at us

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Munchin' on a dust covered ice cream cone

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Wondering how we'd get back home

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From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

                    E
One dusty street to walk up and down

                            A
Nothin' much to do but just hang around

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

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From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

                    E 
One dusty street to walk up and down

                            A
Nothin' much to do but just hang around

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In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town