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Charley Pride performs "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"Live On Marty Stuart show 2013

"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" is a song written by Harold Dorman and George Gann, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in August 1974 as the first single from his album Pride of America. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Charley Pride Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town Lyrics

 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

One dusty street to walk up and down

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

 

Down in the Delta where I was born

All we raised was cotton potatoes and corn

I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt

Draggin' the sack through that Delta dirt

 

And I've worked hard the whole week long

Pickin' my fingers to the blood and bone

There ain't a lotta money in a cotton bale

At least when you try to sell

 

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

One dusty street to walk up and down

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

 

On Saturday nights we'd get dressed up

Catch us a ride on a pickup truck

On a gravel road it'd nearly strangle us

That cotton pickin' Delta dust

 

We'd sit across the street on the depot porch

Lookin' at the folks lookin' back at us

Munchin' on a dust covered ice cream cone

Wonderin' how we'd get back home

 

From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

One dusty street to walk up and down

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

 

From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

One dusty street to walk up and down

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town


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