Gonna carry my blues away
Down on the bayou

Roll on home now Mississippi
Roll on by that delta shore
You don’t worry
You don’t hurry
You don’t wonder what this living’s for
Down on the bayou
Looking for that sunny day
Now, there’s a wind out on the ocean
Gonna carry my blues away
Down on the bayou

See that tow boat slowly churning
See the boatswain throw the line
Smell the salt wind
Such an old friend
Don’t you know the sun is gonna shine
Down on the bayou
Looking for that sunny day
Now, there’s a wind out on the ocean
Gonna carry my blues away
Down on the bayou