I don't recall my mother
I don't remember dad
Oh, Mister and Mississippi is all I ever had
Oh, I was born to wander
I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi
Made me feel at home
Oh, I was born to wander
I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi
Made me feel at home
(Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home)
My cradle was the river
My school, a river boat
My teacher was a gambler
The slickest one afloat
My teacher was a gambler
The slickest one afloat
He taught me not to gamble
On a petticoat
Oh, I was born to wander
I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi
Made me feel at home
(I was born to wander)
(I was born to roam)
(Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home)
Oh, Betty May, I love you
I love you, Betty May
I love you like a barefoot boy
Loves a summer day
The way a wandering gypsy
Loves the changing scenes
Just like the restless river
Loves old New Orleans
Oh, I was born to wander
I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi
Made me feel at home
(Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home)
Yes, Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home
