Starting out of Memphis, highway 61
  Traces of the places where the blues began
  Sun is blazing, horizon far
  Echoes of a national steel guitar
  
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Where the blues was born
  
  Yazoo river rolling through the land
  Cradle of the blues, that delta land
  Cottonfields, catfish farms
  Steady-rocking rhythm since the dawn of time
  
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Where the blues was born
  
  Wade Walton's barbershop, backroom booze
  Shave and a haircut, lots of rhythm 'n blues
  Greenville juke joint, Saturday night
  Get down 'n boogie till the morning-light
  
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Where the blues was born
  
  Broken down Chevy on a muddy track
  Ten people sharing a two-room shack
  Folks so poor, nothing to loose
  Get religion or that lowdown blues
  
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Where the blues was born
  
  Charly Patton, Fred McDowell, Willie Brown
  Son House, Son Thomas, that delta sound
  Black man's heart, black man's soul
  Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf
  
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Where the blues was born
  
  Big Joe Williams, Bukka White, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed
  Sam Chatmon, Ishman Bracy, Tommy Johnson, Skip James
  John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Mississippi John Hurt
  Memphis Minnie, Peetie Wheatstraw, Sonny Boy Williamson
  
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Down in Mississippi
  Where the blues was born